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Recent Examples of telephoto
One February dawn in the 1990s, Murphy skipped breakfast, grabbed his telephoto lens and headed to the Upper Geyser Basin near Old Faithful.
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Several photographers, with cameras equipped with telephoto lenses, were perched in the parking lots, positioning themselves for the best view possible.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
That system demonstrated that clusters of telephoto lenses can detect extremely faint cosmic structures that conventional telescopes often miss.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
Instead, use binoculars, a telescope, or telephoto lens to get a closer look.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2026
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Several photographers, with cameras equipped with telephoto lenses, were perched in the parking lots, positioning themselves for the best view possible.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
That system demonstrated that clusters of telephoto lenses can detect extremely faint cosmic structures that conventional telescopes often miss.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
Instead, use binoculars, a telescope, or telephoto lens to get a closer look.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for telephoto
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telephoto
Noun
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For another hour after his speech, his sixth that day, Magyar smiled for photos with members of the throng.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Wooden's great-granddaughter Cori Anderson sent a photo of her and her daughter dressed in UCLA gear.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Prosecutors said Kamnik also used the state's Justice Network, known as JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of women, violating database policies.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Most city kids were smooth-skinned, pale, and spindly, although Xi stands out in photographs as unusually robust, ruddy-cheeked, and well-fed.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Take in the azaleas and dogwoods without taking a pic that’s promptly (and perhaps obnoxiously) texted to every group chat.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Recently cast in the next season of HBO’s The White Lotus, with the StudioCanal D-Day pic Pressure coming up for release on May 29, Messina is represented by Entertainment 360, CAA, and Sloan, Offer, Weber & Dern.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The data marks the first meaningful snapshot of how market dynamics will change for GLP-1 makers as their patents near expiry.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
10 Apr. 2026
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One snapshot showed Harry kissing Elizabeth on the cheek, while another depicted the family laughing.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Featuring one-of-a-kind prints and stand out colors, each piece feels special -- like it was made just for you.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Gibson has created a suite of 17 prints that reference political buttons from the Obama campaigns.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Telephoto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoto. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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