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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as in pictures
to take a photograph of
we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop
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Recent Examples of photographs
Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The winning photographs were selected from more than 5,800 spectacular entries submitted by astrophotographers hailing from over 60 countries.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
As a result, the production would release misleading photographs and fake leaks to throw viewers off the scent of key plot points and cast changes.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Through a range of watercolors, drawings, photographs, and other works, the exhibition captures the significance of the Sacred Red Rock and deep meaning of the Rock’s return to the Kaw Nation.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Nobody could mistake the form visible in those photographs for a white mannequin.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
The theft was in plain sight, as photographs documented two men with a boltcutter running off with the sign.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Experience360 includes the museum’s popular holograms of survivors, immersive 360-degree films, as well as historical photographs and artifacts.
—Kelly Haramis, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Attendees will receive a 2025 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Wedding Planner with photographs, editorials, checklists for couples and a listing of local wedding-industry businesses, and a copy of 2025 Real Weddings magazine.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
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Since the 2010s, however, his photographs have started to appear with greater frequency and impact in small exhibitions throughout the Pacific Northwest, earning Matsura an ever-widening circle of admiration and appreciation.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The winning photographs were selected from more than 5,800 spectacular entries submitted by astrophotographers hailing from over 60 countries.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
As a result, the production would release misleading photographs and fake leaks to throw viewers off the scent of key plot points and cast changes.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Through a range of watercolors, drawings, photographs, and other works, the exhibition captures the significance of the Sacred Red Rock and deep meaning of the Rock’s return to the Kaw Nation.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Nobody could mistake the form visible in those photographs for a white mannequin.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
The theft was in plain sight, as photographs documented two men with a boltcutter running off with the sign.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Experience360 includes the museum’s popular holograms of survivors, immersive 360-degree films, as well as historical photographs and artifacts.
—Kelly Haramis, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Attendees will receive a 2025 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Wedding Planner with photographs, editorials, checklists for couples and a listing of local wedding-industry businesses, and a copy of 2025 Real Weddings magazine.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Nelson photographs Volcano Bay, a water park in Orlando that’s built around a two-hundred-foot-tall model of Krakatau, and the Longleat safari park, west of London, which offers close encounters with animals usually found in Africa, South America, and Australia.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photographs
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This model even makes use of the bed frame itself, lining one of the support posts with cork to serve as a pinboard to display photos and memorable trinkets.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
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Look back at theme park in photos The awards, established in 1998, shine a spotlight on the amusement park industry and attractions by recognizing the best of the best, according to the publication.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Only the last photo during the end credits pictures the fiery aftermath of Hutch’s ultimate battle with Ladeena.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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By simulating Earth with a global climate model, and feeding it a bewildering variety of data, the team brought snapshots of these ancient planets to life in some 85 slices of geological, paleontological history.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Katherine's husband, Chris Pratt, was also featured in snapshots, as well as a young girl photographed with Shriver, who appeared to be the couple's daughter.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other highs at Warners for Goldstine include Legendary fare (which coincidentally has a distribution deal at Paramount), those pics being the Dune and Monsterverse franchises as well as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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And in summer 2023, Angel became the talk of the town when Sound of Freedom outgrossed such event pics as Indiana Jones at the Dial of Destiny.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Photographs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photographs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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