as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera
the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out
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Recent Examples of photograph
Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Standing together for the photograph, Xi, Putin, Kim, and Pezeshkian projected the first public image of the emerging bloc, signaling coordination among states often criticized by the West.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Last year, Costner and singer Jewel were photographed on the island at a tennis fundraiser for the Inspiring Children Foundation, an organization started by Jewel, and, according to the Daily Mail, Branson was the matchmaker.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Among these are original concept illustrations by production designer Joe Alves, the Panavision underwater camera used for the film, behind-the-scenes photographs captured by boom operator Frank Meadows, and Quint’s sport-fishing fighting chair from the Orca boat.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Standing together for the photograph, Xi, Putin, Kim, and Pezeshkian projected the first public image of the emerging bloc, signaling coordination among states often criticized by the West.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The campaign was photographed and filmed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch with an original track that also has Campbell spelling out the famous Italian brand.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Last year, Costner and singer Jewel were photographed on the island at a tennis fundraiser for the Inspiring Children Foundation, an organization started by Jewel, and, according to the Daily Mail, Branson was the matchmaker.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photograph
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
8 Sep. 2025
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See photos of Ariana Grande at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Riki could just picture her narrowing her eyes in suspicion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Now, picture a probabilistic system in action.—
Richie Etwaru,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The post also featured a pic of her and Blanco celebrating their engagement with laughs and a hug.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Another posthumous Lynch pic is Legend of the Happy Worker, which debuted last month at Locarno.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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The companies that succeed usually start small, focus tightly, and build their systems to pull from clean, current data sources — not outdated snapshots.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Attention journaling collects snapshots from your mind.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photograph. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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