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or pix
as in photos
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 pics
The pair were spotted joyfully snapping photos of the graduate, and also made sure to take some individual pics with Deacon in his purple gown.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Hiring a professional photographer — with experience in real estate — to update the pics is a good idea.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
For nearly two decades, Marvel superhero pics have more often than not kicked off the summer box office, which begins the first weekend in May.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
The Met Gala steps may be where the most camera bulbs flash, but across the street plenty of fans are getting their cellphone pics in.
—Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
Céspedes last year won the Un Certain Regard Prize for his debut feature The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, after his pics The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018) and The Melting Creatures (2022) previously played at the festival.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 4 May 2026
This dilemma is even more pronounced for bio-pics of musicians, which depend upon rights holders granting use of the subject’s music.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Speaking of, early risers will usually get the best lighting to snap pics of the redwoods, with less competition for the prime photo spots.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
See pics from both events below.
—Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Hiring a professional photographer — with experience in real estate — to update the pics is a good idea.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
For nearly two decades, Marvel superhero pics have more often than not kicked off the summer box office, which begins the first weekend in May.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
The Met Gala steps may be where the most camera bulbs flash, but across the street plenty of fans are getting their cellphone pics in.
—Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
Céspedes last year won the Un Certain Regard Prize for his debut feature The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, after his pics The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018) and The Melting Creatures (2022) previously played at the festival.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 4 May 2026
This dilemma is even more pronounced for bio-pics of musicians, which depend upon rights holders granting use of the subject’s music.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Speaking of, early risers will usually get the best lighting to snap pics of the redwoods, with less competition for the prime photo spots.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
See pics from both events below.
—Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pics
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Subsequent photos showed the proud parents smiling in the audience as their daughter walked across the stage to collect her degree, Zahra alongside her friends in their graduation regalia and a glimpse at a family celebration.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Prosecutors showed jurors photos of the victim’s injuries, which include visible bruises, scratches and marks on her face.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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One of the writer’s jobs is, of course, to make a world of words, images, scenes, photographs—a unique artistic world that acts as the container for the story or the meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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As Jacobs described the difference between photographs created with light and images created in data-center darkness, the generator flashed an image of the interior of a barn.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
19 May 2026
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Nowhere is this more apparent than in a montage of snapshots during which the characters recount everything, spoon-feeding us information that should either be implied or not there at all.—
Jay Weissberg,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Kelce shared a carousel of mouthwatering snapshots of the shop's doughnuts, along with videos of him reviewing them while interacting with Bulloch and customers.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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“Pics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pics. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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