zoom
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Synonyms for zoom
Synonyms: Verb
bumble, burr, buzz, drone, hum, whir (also whirr), whish, whiz (or whizz), zip
Synonyms: Noun
burr, buzz, chirr, churr, drone, hum, purr, thrum, whir (also whirr), whiz (or whizz)
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Examples of zoom in a Sentence
Verb
They got in the car and zoomed away. The group of bicycle racers zoomed past. After her first successful cases she zoomed to the top of her profession. Housing sales have zoomed in recent months.Noun
The camera was equipped with a zoom. The truck went by with a zoom.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Click or tap on the numbered bubbles to zoom into clusters of companies. — Fortune, "Mapping the World Changers," 19 Aug. 2019 More likely though, it’ll be remembered as another barely adequate sequel, zooming into theaters on the sheer force of name recognition, and vanishing from memory just as quickly. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Hobbs & Shaw Is Loud, Silly, and Pointless," 2 Aug. 2019 As today’s South — and in the spirit of uninhibited Wonderland bidding — Alice zoomed into a slam. — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, "Bridge: July 9, 2019," 9 July 2019 Some of the drones have thermal-imaging and can map an area in 3D or zoom into an object using their camera lenses. — Shannon Liao, The Verge, "New York City cops will fly a drone over the New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square," 30 Dec. 2018 Additionally, by blinking, the lenses can change their focal length, which amounts to being able to zoom in and out just as users do on their phones. — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, "Scientists Develop Robotic Contact Lenses That Let Users Zoom with the Blink of an Eye," 29 July 2019 Geofencing, in which companies use the Global Positioning System and digital signals emitted by smartphones to zoom in more precisely on prospective recruits, kicks the search for employees up a notch. — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, "Logistics Recruiters Cast a Virtual Net for Workers," 2 July 2019 The job openings rate, which measures job listings as a percentage of the total number employed, zoomed past the hiring rate in 2015. — Lydia Depillis, CNN, "The US economy is about to break a record. These 11 charts show why," 7 June 2019 The Yale team’s setup, by contrast, allowed them to anticipate when a jump was coming, then zoom in close to examine it. — Quanta Magazine, "Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take Time," 5 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
An even less expensive option that’s particularly good for someone who doesn’t want to worry about lenses is the Sony RX10 IV, a mirrorless option that features a high-quality zoom. — Natalie B. Compton, The Know, "Photographers spill their tips for capturing the best shots while traveling," 6 Aug. 2019 The back of the plastic case has special slots that little widgets slide into; they can be used to do things like zoom in and out with a camera app or shoot a photo, as the researchers show in a video. — Rachel Metz, CNN, "Forget touchscreens: This case controls a smartphone with buttons and dials," 26 July 2019 Her earliest videos were the standard fare of the genre: funny slice-of-life videos, filled with quick-fire editing, emphatic face-zooms and lots of self-deprecation. — cleveland.com, "Joana Ceddia got famous on YouTube for being a normal teen, and she’s trying to stay that way," 18 July 2019 Her earliest videos were the standard fare of the genre: funny slice-of-life videos, filled with quick-fire editing, emphatic face-zooms and lots of self-deprecation. — Abby Ohlheiser, Twin Cities, "Joana Ceddia got famous on YouTube for being a normal teen, and she’s trying to stay that way," 18 July 2019 While the film applies tight zooms and cinematic camera angles to every conversation between characters, all voiced by popular actors and comedians, the animals' mouths and eyes do not veer from their proper anatomy. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Lion King remake review: Roaring visuals, but the execution is a hairball," 12 July 2019 Her earliest videos were the standard fare of the genre: funny slice-of-life videos, filled with quick-fire editing, emphatic face-zooms and lots of self-deprecation. — cleveland.com, "Joana Ceddia got famous on YouTube for being a normal teen, and she’s trying to stay that way," 18 July 2019 Her earliest videos were the standard fare of the genre: funny slice-of-life videos, filled with quick-fire editing, emphatic face-zooms and lots of self-deprecation. — Abby Ohlheiser, Twin Cities, "Joana Ceddia got famous on YouTube for being a normal teen, and she’s trying to stay that way," 18 July 2019 Her earliest videos were the standard fare of the genre: funny slice-of-life videos, filled with quick-fire editing, emphatic face-zooms and lots of self-deprecation. — Abby Ohlheiser, Washington Post, "Joana Ceddia got famous on YouTube for being a normal teen. She’s trying to stay that way.," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'zoom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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