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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The studio’s live-action division also continues to develop projects including action thriller Seventeen; Crumble, to be written and directed by Brian Duffield, with Phil Lord and Chris Miller producing; and an untitled pic marking the directorial debut of Dune scribe Jon Spaihts.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 June 2025
This set of sheets also comes in 21 colorways to bring your inspo pics to life, but move fast, these sell out quickly.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 June 2025
The Kardashians star has attended various Knicks games throughout the NBA season with her boyfriend Timothée Chalamet, and included another photo from a game further along in her post.
Also included was a sweet pic of Aire snuggled up in a blanket with half of his face covered.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 June 2025
For her birthday, on May 21, Siwa’s celebratory Instagram post included multiple pics of her with Hughes, including one of his hand on her thigh, seemingly soft-launching the relationship.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 June 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 June 2025
This set of sheets also comes in 21 colorways to bring your inspo pics to life, but move fast, these sell out quickly.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 June 2025
The Kardashians star has attended various Knicks games throughout the NBA season with her boyfriend Timothée Chalamet, and included another photo from a game further along in her post.
Also included was a sweet pic of Aire snuggled up in a blanket with half of his face covered.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 June 2025
For her birthday, on May 21, Siwa’s celebratory Instagram post included multiple pics of her with Hughes, including one of his hand on her thigh, seemingly soft-launching the relationship.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 June 2025
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If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Nick and Stuart are the sons of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray (main photo: Stuart on the left, Eddie in the middle, Nick to the right).—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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On Reading, a slender and elegant volume, contains sixty-six black-and-white photographs Kertész took of people engrossed in books and newspapers around the world between 1915 and 1970.—
Donna Seaman
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Police search warrant returns from DoorDash contain photographs, a list of deliveries to 1122 King Road that date back to 2019 and also a spreadsheet of communication between the person ordering the food and the DoorDash driver, the defense detailed in another filing.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2025
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In the snapshot, Hadid and Cooper, 50, embrace in front of a birthday cake, making their relationship Instagram official.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Streaming platforms have led Nielsen’s Gauge rankings of TV use for most of the monthly snapshot’s four-year existence.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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“Pic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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