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 one pic, Timberlake, 45, casually clad in a hoodie and ball cap, and wife Jessica Biel, 44, protectively cradle their two kids: Silas and Phineas.
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Kim Willis, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The giant red lantern marking the entrance is the perfect backdrop for a pic of your new look.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
The pic, posted on Lorraine’s Stories, shows Jack clapping and smiling with a clapping Joni Mitchell sitting next to him.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
The entrepreneur and modern-day Hestia posted an uncharacteristically disheveled yet predictably glamorous mirror pic on Friday afternoon, showing her mid-hairstyling sesh.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 24 Apr. 2026
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Kim Willis, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The giant red lantern marking the entrance is the perfect backdrop for a pic of your new look.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
The pic, posted on Lorraine’s Stories, shows Jack clapping and smiling with a clapping Joni Mitchell sitting next to him.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
The entrepreneur and modern-day Hestia posted an uncharacteristically disheveled yet predictably glamorous mirror pic on Friday afternoon, showing her mid-hairstyling sesh.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pic
Noun
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The photos led to Russini’s resignation from The Athletic less than a week later.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Those photos and several others, released by both the Post and other online publications, eventually led to Russini resigning from The Athletic and deleting her social media presence.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Fading photographs of Samih in uniform lined the walls.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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One of the writer’s jobs is, of course, to make a world of words, images, scenes, photographs—a unique artistic world that acts as the container for the story or the meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The beauty of this system is that the output of the entire region can be evaluated at once, giving a snapshot of the vintage from a specific year.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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Nowhere is this more apparent than in a montage of snapshots during which the characters recount everything, spoon-feeding us information that should either be implied or not there at all.—
Jay Weissberg,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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“Pic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pic. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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