zoom in
phrasal verb
zoomed in; zooming in; zooms in
: (of a person) to adjust the lens of a camera or (of a camera) to adjust its lens so that the image seems to be bigger and closer
—often + on
I zoomed in on her face to show her reaction.
The TV cameras zoomed in on the winner's face.
—often used figurativelyWe're trying to zoom in on the cause of these problems before they get worse.
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Now, as a Fox camera zoomed in on her and coach Lindsay Gottlieb, her gaze and frustration were on full display.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Wood zooms in on sumptuous but unsettling items whose surfaces can be charged with latent danger.
—Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
But if that report card provided a grainy Polaroid of what's happening in schools, the Education Recovery Scorecard offers a high-resolution digital photo, allowing researchers to zoom in to student learning at the district level in some 8,700 school districts.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
The new research zoomed in on this relationship by studying genetic data from more than 9,000 people.
—New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Wood zooms in on sumptuous but unsettling items whose surfaces can be charged with latent danger.
—Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
But if that report card provided a grainy Polaroid of what's happening in schools, the Education Recovery Scorecard offers a high-resolution digital photo, allowing researchers to zoom in to student learning at the district level in some 8,700 school districts.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
The new research zoomed in on this relationship by studying genetic data from more than 9,000 people.
—New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Zoom in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoom%20in. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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