close-up
noun
a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
close-ups
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pluralof close-up.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Anthropic and OpenAI will have their close-ups when they debut later, maybe in late summer or fall.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Yet Cameron’s extreme close-ups convey the intricate emotions of Eilish’s music in a way you can’t get sitting even just a few rows back from the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
His handheld, live camera work provides projected images throughout the production’s 80 minutes, with close-ups showing dance action that the audience would otherwise not see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Often, there are close-ups of his face, so it is as if he is almost in the room with his audience.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
