PHOTO FINISH Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

photo finish

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Definition of photo finish

as in thriller

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as in dead heat

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Recent Examples of photo finish From photo finishes to unlikely championships, here’s a look at five key storylines from Thursday and what’s ahead at the 106th CIF State Championships meet at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis. — Gqlshare, Daily News, 22 May 2026 Waite placed second in the photo finish. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026 The race appears headed for a photo finish. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 In speedskating, the Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer won gold in the women’s 500-meter final, and her countryman Jens van ’t Wout won gold in the men’s 1,000 meters in a thrilling photo finish. — The Sports Desk, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for photo finish

Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish

Noun

All three are crime drama-thrillers, the most exportable and ordered of program types, but all three reject tropes of the genre.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
In Aaron Sorkin’s new thriller, the fictional Haugen — who, like her nonfictional counterpart, leaks thousands of documents to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz — habitually dons the accessories.

— Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of thriller

Noun

State of the race in Kansas A series of independent polls have portrayed the race as a dead heat.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Polls in this race have not been in agreement, with some showing Moody well in the lead and others showing Nixon coming close to a dead heat.

— Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of dead heat

Noun

For pregame prep, there’s a new documentary about the 2007 hair-raiser.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
In Hokum, the Cork native transports viewers to Ireland’s remote and possibly haunted Bilberry Woods Hotel alongside prickly American author Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) for a good ol' fashioned hair-raiser of a ghost story.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 4 May 2026

Definition of hair-raiser

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Pic follows Evans in the 10 days after bassist Scott LaFaro’s sudden death as grief, addiction and creative paralysis threaten to silence one of jazz’s great innovators.

— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Lindsey Graham had won a primary for the seat just weeks before his sudden death, and Darline Graham then won a subsequent special primary to be on the ballot in November.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sudden death

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Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.

— Vivienne Chow, Variety, 17 May 2022
On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.

— Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2022

Definition of suspenser

Noun

Election runoff in Brazil Senator Flavio Bolsonaro rose to a surprise lead over leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, setting the nation up for a sharp shift to the right.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
If no candidate wins more than half of valid votes on Sunday, the two with the most votes advance to an October 25 runoff.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026