slow-mo
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It was the sort of catch that looks like a catch to everyone at the stadium—“That will stand, that is definitely a touchdown,” Romo opined—and only turns weird with repeated, granular slow-mo video forensics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
That barrier, too, was knocked down — or more like slow-mo toppled, inch by inch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
"Just like slow-mo cameras reveal details about movement, breaking our data into small time pieces allows us to see how the GRB changes and learn more."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2023
“He didn’t mean to. He apologized to me. When you slow-mo it, it looks a lot worse than what it was.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Once “Crowd” has introduced these modes, though, it stalls, reverting to slow-mo again and again with diminishing returns.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
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