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Recent Examples of telephoto
There are five cameras in total, including two Hasselblad 200-megapixel snappers, the main and 3x telephoto models.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Many shots appear to be filmed with telephoto lenses, suggesting, via the camera’s distance from the action, Sasha’s distance from her own past and her struggle to remember.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Most of the images were taken by the four Artemis II astronauts using handheld Nikon cameras fitted with wide-angle and telephoto lenses.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
That distance was enough for the crew to document the lunar topography with professional cameras and telephoto lenses.
—Jorge Garay, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2026
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Many shots appear to be filmed with telephoto lenses, suggesting, via the camera’s distance from the action, Sasha’s distance from her own past and her struggle to remember.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Most of the images were taken by the four Artemis II astronauts using handheld Nikon cameras fitted with wide-angle and telephoto lenses.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
That distance was enough for the crew to document the lunar topography with professional cameras and telephoto lenses.
—Jorge Garay, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telephoto
Noun
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The photos led to Russini’s resignation from The Athletic less than a week later.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Those photos and several others, released by both the Post and other online publications, eventually led to Russini resigning from The Athletic and deleting her social media presence.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Fading photographs of Samih in uniform lined the walls.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 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
Noun
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The pic is Christian Mungiu’s seventh to play the festival.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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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.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Traditional security testing is a snapshot in time, while agentic AI is a continuous movie.—
Joan Vendrell,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The 50-year-old baseball icon shared photos from Ella’s special day via Instagram on Wednesday, May 20–and Cynthia appears in a few snapshots.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
21 May 2026
Noun
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While Pokémon continued to print cards, their popularity waned in the 2000s.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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Quintessentially British and steeped in heritage, the print dates back to the 1920s, when the brand first used it to line its cotton gabardine trench coats.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
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“Telephoto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoto. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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