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

Eventually more than 50 cameras taking still photos, along with four thermal video cameras, will capture the action on and around the crossing, Sikich said.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
The one-time purchase replaces recurring storage fees with capacity for significant documents, photos, videos, and backups.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of photos

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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