close-ups

noun

plural of close-up
1
as in stills

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as in dissections

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for close-ups
  1. photographs
  2. dissections
  3. photos
  4. deconstructions
  5. snapshots
  6. analyses
  7. blowups
  8. scans
Noun
  • Prosecutors allege Freire raped one of the women while she was incapacitated, took photographs of the unconscious roommates and shared the images with others.
    — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Together, the two then traveled to Santorini, Antiparos, and Athens, making their way through the landscapes Susan had long admired in photographs.
    — Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 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
  • The 35-year-old model shared a bunch of photos on Instagram, leading with a mirror selfie in a plunging black one-piece swimsuit featuring a dramatic neckline and high-cut sides.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, photos posted on social media show three other detainees carrying Nalwamba to a waiting vehicle.
    — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of photos
Noun
  • Fans have their deconstructions.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 June 2026
  • Doing creative deconstructions of Chinese foods is part of their culinary hallmark, as many chefs are hungry to showcase their own culture.
    — Terry Tang, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of deconstructions
Noun
  • But for some families, snapshots in their minds from that morning will carry a devastating, final memory of a child who never came home.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The audio-only model obviously can’t take snapshots or videos, either.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of snapshots
Noun
  • Tissue analyses also suggested nerve fibers crossed the injury.
    — Mike McRae October 21, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
  • However, these earlier analyses did not agree with one another, and there was no true consensus about exactly when the sky matched with the painting.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Oct. 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
  • Principled Technologies' WebXPRT 4 browser test uses HTML5, JavaScript, and WebAssembly workloads to simulate tasks ranging from photo enhancement and OCR scans to sales graphs and online homework.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • According to the team, these differences can be hard to detect with lower-resolution scans.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of scans
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