Thesaurus results for CLOSE-UPS

close-ups

noun

plural of close-up

as in stills

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Noun

The Clinton library houses 78 million pages of official records, 20 million emails, and two million photographs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Moving behind some chamisa brush, the coyote was clear enough for the eye to see but elusive on camera; the photographs looked like Cubist art.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of photographs

Noun

Sudden neck movements can contribute to this injury, and there have been case reports of dissections following roller coaster rides.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Documentarian Alex Gibney is no stranger to dissections of corrupting power — from his feature dives into Enron, Elizabeth Holmes and Scientology.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissections

Noun

Hence, a documentary on the DVD release that veers into the history behind the archival photos.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
The book, written by journalist Fred Pessaro, contains exclusive photos, artwork, and interviews with bands that the label launched, including Tripp, Backtrack, Terror, Speed, End It, and Scowl.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of photos

Noun

Unlike cheap novelty lasers, the Pococo relies on swappable, scientifically accurate optical discs to cast high-fidelity snapshots of the cosmos across your walls and ceiling.

— Paul Brett, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
The endless snapshots of parties, wallpaper covered in butts, the many photographs of Kate Moss, videos of fashion shows, enlarged ad campaign stills—very little of it is good.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of snapshots

Noun

Post hoc analyses of human trials suggest GLP-1s slow molecular clocks that estimate biological age, which hints that the drugs might do more than just promote weight loss.

— Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026
Tissue analyses also confirmed there were notable improvements in follicle activity and local circulation.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of analyses

Noun

LLMs are great at finding blowups that exist—at searching the infinite landscape of fluid scenarios and plucking out the precise situation that breaks the equations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
But through a little more than a year together, there have been no blowups with Metcalf.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of blowups

Noun

His attorneys sought permission for additional brain scans, arguing that his history of head injuries and mental health problems warranted further examination.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Mark every point where somebody prints, exports, faxes, signs, scans or retypes information, and keep going after the data leaves the application.

— Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of scans

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