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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One of those videos looks down on Earth as the capsule flies over Florida, zooming in on the string of launch facilities on the Atlantic coast managed by NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
This two-hander zooms in on the relationship of two cousins, one on a three-day furlough from prison to attend a family funeral.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Then his daughter, Holly Burgess, 38, who is recording, zooms in on Knibbs, who is sitting a few beds away.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
After another cut, the driver is seen holding water, and a zoom in on the dashboard shows that the vehicle is going 92 mph and then 89 mph.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
This two-hander zooms in on the relationship of two cousins, one on a three-day furlough from prison to attend a family funeral.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Then his daughter, Holly Burgess, 38, who is recording, zooms in on Knibbs, who is sitting a few beds away.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
After another cut, the driver is seen holding water, and a zoom in on the dashboard shows that the vehicle is going 92 mph and then 89 mph.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for zoom in
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“Zoom in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoom%20in. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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