as in shooting
to take a photograph of
we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop
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Recent Examples of photographing
Montague, an artist, began photographing the wayward carts and eventually developed a complex classification system that sorted his sightings into more than 30 different categories.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
From photographing items, creating listings, and managing pricing to communicating with buyers, negotiating bids, and shipping far and wide, prepare to break a bit of a sweat to sell that bag.
—Alexis Bennett, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
For those photographing with telescopes or telephoto lenses, the 59-minute totality window provides solid working time to experiment with exposure bracketing and capture the subtle shift in hue between totality’s start and greatest eclipse.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
Brown raised the bond after finding that Boyne attempted to harass or intimidate prospective state witnesses by surreptitiously photographing a prosecution witness list in court and directly, or with assistance from supporters, emailing the list, with questions, to the witnesses.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
Sara also enjoys photographing sports.
—Sara Diggins, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
Once upon a time, American travelers flocked to the same handful of countries for their European vacations — taking the same costly flights from one country to the next, sitting on the same beaches, and photographing the same historical sites.
—Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Nina Greipel spent tons of hours on the book, including making and photographing each of the 80 recipes inside and interviewing her parents at length.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
Hughes paid a photographer $2,500 to spend an afternoon photographing Jane rolling around on a stack of hay, holding a pistol, blouse straps at her arms, revealing just enough.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
From photographing items, creating listings, and managing pricing to communicating with buyers, negotiating bids, and shipping far and wide, prepare to break a bit of a sweat to sell that bag.
—Alexis Bennett, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
For those photographing with telescopes or telephoto lenses, the 59-minute totality window provides solid working time to experiment with exposure bracketing and capture the subtle shift in hue between totality’s start and greatest eclipse.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
Brown raised the bond after finding that Boyne attempted to harass or intimidate prospective state witnesses by surreptitiously photographing a prosecution witness list in court and directly, or with assistance from supporters, emailing the list, with questions, to the witnesses.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
Sara also enjoys photographing sports.
—Sara Diggins, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
Once upon a time, American travelers flocked to the same handful of countries for their European vacations — taking the same costly flights from one country to the next, sitting on the same beaches, and photographing the same historical sites.
—Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Nina Greipel spent tons of hours on the book, including making and photographing each of the 80 recipes inside and interviewing her parents at length.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
Hughes paid a photographer $2,500 to spend an afternoon photographing Jane rolling around on a stack of hay, holding a pistol, blouse straps at her arms, revealing just enough.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photographing
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Both shooting 30% from the field.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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The 7-foot forward had 13 points and five blocks in a mere 14 minutes, shooting 3 of 3 behind the arc and 4 of 4 at the line.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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On December 10, Harbour and Wilde were seen filming scenes for the film in Los Angeles.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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British actor Spruell is currently filming the BBC series Dear England with Jodie Whittaker and Joseph Fiennes and will star in Philippa Lowthorpe’s film adaptation of H Is for Hawk opposite Claire Foy.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The trio created fake Minnesota temporary drivers’ licenses using false names, with each license picturing one of the Thomases, federal prosecutors said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Instead of picturing that exercise as long and gruesome, try breaking it up.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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This mirror works well on a gallery wall or for snapping outfit photos, proving that small upgrades can make a big difference.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
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Devine complied, readily snapping her fingers and strutting her stuff.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Photographing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photographing. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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