zoom out

verb

1. photog films television to decrease rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens

2. to consider the essential points, rather than the details of a subject

Example Sentences

She compared her work in “Kimberly Akimbo,” an intimate scale musical, and “Water for Elephants,” a grander offering with epic themes and circus-style theatrics, and concluded: “I like to zoom in and I like to zoom out.”

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And because ideas build over time, you’re able to zoom out of the interactions you’re having and continually refer to those memories.

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Zoom out, though, and it does an impressive job of steering investors away from dangerous shoals.

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Koos of Libertas Wealth Management also pointed out that gold is still under-owned when you zoom out to that gold/MSCI ratio.

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If we zoom out just to the broader question about the Voting Rights Act as a whole, Congress could decide at some point that we no longer need the Voting Rights Act.

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