photographs 1 of 2

plural of photograph
as in photos
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of photograph
as in pictures
to take a photograph of we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop

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Recent Examples of photographs
Noun
No details on injuries or fatalities were included in the post, which asked community members for video footage, photographs or any information related to the shooting. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026 Phones added location histories, photographs and enormous amounts of other information. Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 In one of those photographs, from the summer of 2000, Corgan is at the microphone, dressed in black and bathed in red light, with his back to the camera. Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 My photographs of Hasidic Jews suddenly received tremendous attention. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026 The report also said that, according to the student, nude photographs were exchanged between the two. Reed Williams, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Tintype photographs, also known as a ferrotype, was a process by which a thin sheet of iron, painted with a dark enamel or lacquer, was placed wet into a camera to expose the plate as the photographer captured the image. Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The evidence included photographs taken at night at other companies’ loading docks. Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Of the dozens of works in the show, only a couple involve photographs. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
Other law enforcement agencies laud the technology, which photographs moving vehicles, and uses software to convert license plate numbers and other vehicle details into storable, searchable data. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 This white dress from Ashley Graham photographs so well against blue water, terracotta rooftops, or a sunset. Robin Raven, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026 The thing nobody photographs but everyone eventually has to run on. Jacob D. Frankel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Sarah Stier, a staff photographer for Getty Images who photographs Knicks regular season and playoff games, told ABC News. ABC News, 9 June 2026 Petite Studio not only develops patterns expressly for petites, using specific mannequins, but also fits and photographs petite models with different body types. Yerin Kim, InStyle, 3 June 2026 Text and photographs copyright ©2026 by Stephen Orr. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 May 2026 The camera cross-references the sound spike with the exact moment a vehicle passes, photographs the plate, and generates the ticket automatically. Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Capturing an iconic image Murphy photographs all kinds of wildlife, especially the charismatic creatures of Yellowstone National Park. Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photographs
Noun
  • For example, in August 14 satellite photos, rows of dots appear arcing around the coast of Oman through the strait of Hormuz.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • OCVarsity’s stories, scores, photos and more from the high school football games Friday.
    OCVarsity sports staff, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Petrarch pictures the ghosts of Homer and Ennius together, and Homer’s ghost points out to Ennius a solitary figure, Francescus, working on a great epic poem, Africa.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • And Trey pictures his dad still in the third base coach’s box for the Dodgers.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Today, the interiors read like snapshots of her tastes and interests over the intervening years.
    Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this summer, Czarniak, 48, enjoyed some quality time with her family, posting a few snapshots on Instagram from their time away together.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival is the largest Brazilian film fest held abroad and a pioneer in the promotion and dissemination of local pics in the international market.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Passing the test One of the nicer discoveries in seismology has been the realization that the same fiber-optic cables that rush cat pics to your LAN can act as seismometers.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

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