zoom out
Britishverb
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photog films television to decrease rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens
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to consider the essential points, rather than the details of a subject
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But remove all of that talk of numbers and industry business and zoom out.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026
“If you zoom out, the Fed naturally will start bill purchases next year as part of a reverses management operation,” said Roger Hallam, Vanguard fixed income group’s global head of rates.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 6, 2025
And because ideas build over time, you’re able to zoom out of the interactions you’re having and continually refer to those memories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
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.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2025
I zoom out a bit to find more trains and I’m nearly blinded by all the light.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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