photo finishes

noun

plural of photo finish
1
as in thrillers

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2
as in sudden deaths

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finishes
  1. thrillers
  2. round-robins
  3. hair-raisers
  4. runoffs
  5. nail-biters
  6. runs
  7. cliff-hangers
  8. volleys
Noun
  • 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
  • Well, the growing season in the South is a long one, and even the best thrillers get tired, the spillers get leggy, and the fillers sometimes disappear.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrillers
Noun
  • Think structured round-robins, rotating roles in meetings, or paired discussions before group sharing.
    — Ruth Oh Reitmeier, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of round-robins
Noun
  • 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-raisers
Noun
  • Georgia gubernatorial primaries likely to head to runoffs Both the Democratic and Republican primaries could easily go to a runoff, meaning no single candidate reached a 50% majority during the first election.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Candidates look to avoid runoffs Meanwhile, Talarico and Crockett are hoping to avoid a May 26 runoff by capturing at least 50% of the Democratic vote in the March 3 primary.
    — Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of runoffs
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  • Although there have been hundreds of close calls and nail-biters, there have been some comebacks that feel like a movie come to life.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The Avs, who won the President’s Trophy with the league’s best regular-season record, opened the playoffs with a pair of 2-1 nail-biters over the Kings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2026
Definition of nail-biters
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  • Justin Slaten threw wildly to first, and two runs scored on the play, giving the White Sox a 7-5 lead.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Right-hander Tanner Bibee gave up four runs (three earned) over 5 2/3 innings for the Guardians (57-58), including back-to-back homers from Brett Baty and Polanco.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs
Noun
  • And many have speculated that Netflix’s vast trove of data informs certain narrative habits on its shows (cliff-hangers to encourage bingeing, for example, and frequent restating of plot points to engage viewers distracted by their phones).
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The biggest key to the success of minidramas, though, is the cliff-hangers, which push viewers to keep paying for the next episode.
    — Yixuan Tan, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Definition of cliff-hangers
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  • The famous volleys against Bradford City, Middlesbrough and Chelsea, all of them in 2000.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Medasin, whose thesis was already overflowing with preemptive volleys and counterfactuals, batted away the refutation.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of volleys
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