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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Recent Examples of pic 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for pic
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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