as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera
a coworker handed around some vacation pics
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Recent Examples of pic
In the pic, Lucie and Desi Jr. are the spitting images of their iconic parents.
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John Russell, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
In one pic, the pair gazed lovingly at one another while sitting at a dinner table.
—Meredith Nardino, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
Enjoy our favorite pics from the day, alongside submissions from Axios Houston readers:
Houstonians know where to go for a sledding adventure: Hermann Park.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
In a win for Gerard Butler and Lionsgate, the heist pic Den of Thieves 2: Pantera topped the domestic box office with a better-than-expected $15.5 million opening over the second full weekend of 2025.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
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John Russell, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
In one pic, the pair gazed lovingly at one another while sitting at a dinner table.
—Meredith Nardino, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
Enjoy our favorite pics from the day, alongside submissions from Axios Houston readers:
Houstonians know where to go for a sledding adventure: Hermann Park.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
In a win for Gerard Butler and Lionsgate, the heist pic Den of Thieves 2: Pantera topped the domestic box office with a better-than-expected $15.5 million opening over the second full weekend of 2025.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pic
Noun
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The woman says she was eventually permitted to use her cell phone and text family members, who sent her a photo of her Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB), and she was then allowed to leave, Hatathlie said.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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Click here for more photos of the one-off 1986 Audi 5000 CS Quattro prototype.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This black-and-white photograph is of students in a classroom at Naperville High School in the late 1920s, only about a decade after the school was established in 1916.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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This photograph taken in Davos on January 22, 2025 shows the logo of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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According to a snapshot of the plan’s former webpage, the initiative intended in part to improve college access, affordability and completion for underserved students.—
Annie Ma,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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This one dwells on a more private image, a family snapshot, and on the elusive emotions and memories that live inside it.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Pic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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