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close-ups

  • plural
    of close-up.
    close-up
    noun
    a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.

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The Extend button zooms out on close-ups, generating visuals to fill the empty space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

But I’m going to watch it anyway because — I mean, come on — it’s “Pride and Prejudice” and I’m just a girl who’s always on the lookout for slow-burn tension and hand-flex close-ups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

There are also unverified posts claiming to be close-ups of the boys' faces, raising the risk of other children being wrongly identified.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI will have their close-ups when they debut later, maybe in late summer or fall.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

I glance back at the dogwood, where Simon’s dad is zooming in for awkward close-ups of Nora’s and Cal’s faces.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli