close-ups
- plural of close-up.
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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
Agreed, there’s incredible power in those close-ups of people singing and sobbing along with Eilish’s songs.
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
Many of them were close-ups of leaves, and some of them were quite striking.
From "George" by Alex Gino
