as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera
a coworker handed around some vacation pics
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So go ahead and snap pics of those treats when they’re finished, but don’t forget the messy moments that got you there.
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Elizabeth Broadbent, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Since images heavily influence what customers order, Uber Eats is offering perks to those who add their own pics.
—PC Magazine, 31 July 2025
After shopping, snap some pics of the charming Danish architecture and stop by Ostrichland USA to feed emus and ostrich on your way out of town.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
In addition to its staggering domestic haul, the DC Universe pic has raked in $173 million internationally, for a total of over $426 million globally, as of Wednesday, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 July 2025
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Elizabeth Broadbent, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Since images heavily influence what customers order, Uber Eats is offering perks to those who add their own pics.
—PC Magazine, 31 July 2025
After shopping, snap some pics of the charming Danish architecture and stop by Ostrichland USA to feed emus and ostrich on your way out of town.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
In addition to its staggering domestic haul, the DC Universe pic has raked in $173 million internationally, for a total of over $426 million globally, as of Wednesday, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pic
Noun
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In the photos, Thompson is seen playing baseball alongside his family and friends — and in one photo, poses in the dugout with his arm around Megan, 30.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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There was only a slim reason to think such a photo might exist.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Evie’s job was in design, which mostly entailed choosing typefaces and superimposing them onto photographs taken by someone else—a luxury sailboat anchored off the white sands of Tahiti, for example; a tattooed ceramicist staring from her studio; a plump, healthy chicken poised for slaughter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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And for the first time — a moment recorded in a black-and-white photograph — a Black man received the Navy Cross.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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But the bit offers a potent snapshot of late night’s peculiar magic.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Here’s a snapshot of all that occurred in Lake Forest.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Pic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pic. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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