Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “During Covid, many businesses held meetings by ____.”, starting with the letters zo.
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verb
- To move with a loud low hum or buzz
- To go speedily zip
"cars zooming by on the highway"
- To climb for a short time at an angle greater than that which can be maintained in steady flight so that the machine is carried upward at the expense of stored kinetic energy
- To focus a camera or microscope on an object using a zoom lens so that the object's apparent distance from the observer changes
- Focus, zero
- To increase sharply
"retail sales zoomed"
- To cause to zoom
noun
- An act or process of zooming
- An image created by zooming
- A zooming sound
- A means of producing an enlarged image (as in a camera)
verb
- To use the Zoom service to hold or participate in online meetings with enabled video support
"… last week I Zoomed with friends in Ireland that I hadn't talked to in years …"
noun
- A lens (as of a camera or projector) in which the image size can be varied continuously while the image remains in focus
phrasal verb
- (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
phrasal verb
- (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 smaller and farther away
"The photographer zoomed out to get the widest possible view of the scene."
This clue was used on August 19, 2025.