PHOTO FINISH Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

photo finish

noun

Definition of photo finish

as in thriller

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as in dead heat

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Recent Examples of photo finish The race appears headed for a photo finish. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 In speedskating, the Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer won gold in the women’s 500-meter final, and her countryman Jens van ’t Wout won gold in the men’s 1,000 meters in a thrilling photo finish. — The Sports Desk, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026 Beyond the dazzling jumps, daring descents and photo finishes lie lives shaped by sacrifice and sheer determination. — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 Showcase fresh summer stone fruit with a slab pie for a crowd that makes a photo finish with a lattice crust. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for photo finish

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Noun

At 48% on RT don’t expect the greatest thriller ever, but this sounds like a good edge-of-your-seat suspense film.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Erotic thrillers, a genre which peaked in the 1980s and ‘90s, have also been making a slow but steady comeback.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of thriller

Noun

Texas attorney general race is a dead heat Democrats are also making headway in replacing Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with their own candidate, as a new July poll showed the race is almost tied.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 29 July 2026
The 39-year-old has led Argentina to the World Cup’s round of 16 and his seven goals have put him in a dead heat with Norway’s Erling Haaland and France’s Kylian Mbappé for the Golden Boot trophy.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of dead heat

Noun

In Hokum, the Cork native transports viewers to Ireland’s remote and possibly haunted Bilberry Woods Hotel alongside prickly American author Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) for a good ol' fashioned hair-raiser of a ghost story.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 4 May 2026
The streamer has a deep bench of horror films from all eras of cinema among its offerings, from influential classics like Nosferatu (1922) to newer hair-raisers like Possessor (2020), and all kinds of thrillers and chillers in between.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026

Definition of hair-raiser

Noun

Fittingly, the result—a squeaker of a win for El-Sayed, who led by less than a percentage point when the race was called this morning—looks close to the Platonic ideal of an inconclusive outcome.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Miller-Meeks won the second race over Bohannan by a squeaker.

— Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026

Definition of squeaker

Noun

Going through all that material, Thomas remained a critical and productive partner for us even after his sudden death.

— JD Linville, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
After Washington’s sudden death in 1987, Evans ran unsuccessfully to succeed him — both to finish Washington’s unexpired mayoral term and in the 1989 special election.

— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sudden death

Noun

Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.

— Vivienne Chow, Variety, 17 May 2022
On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.

— Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2022

Definition of suspenser

Noun

The runoff between Allen and attorney Jane Kim, is the only statewide race between two Democrats.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The list of challenges comes as Bass needs to build momentum heading toward the November runoff against Councilmember Nithya Raman, who came in second in the June primary.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026