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Instagram

American  
[in-stuh-gram] / ˈɪn stəˌgræm /
Trademark.
  1. the brand name for a photo- and video-sharing application and social media platform launched in 2010.


verb (used with object)

Instagrammed, Instagramming
  1. to post (a photo or video) on the Instagram app.

    I’m Instagramming a video of the whole family enjoying the Mickey Mouse birthday cake.

    This garden is one of the sights most frequently Instagrammed by visitors to our city.

noun

  1. a photo or video posted on the Instagram app.

    Oh, not another Instagram of her and her new puppy!

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"We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year," BTS members said in coordinated posts on their individual Instagram accounts.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The news came in a co-ordinated Instagram post, with all seven members of the band uploading an identical statement.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

“I’m so offline these days that I thought I had unearthed some cool legendary West Coast water brand, only to be served an Instagram ad for it later that day,” Roman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

She is also a model, and recently signed with talent agency WME, according to her Instagram account, which now has 3.4 million followers after the show’s conclusion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Her brown skin looks glossy today, probably from whatever moisturizer she’s being paid to promote on her wildly popular Instagram.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Music was central to two contemporary Dada sculptures, which are also sure to be among the most Instagrammed works this week.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

When he won, Johnson made Truss trade secretary, a role in which she Instagrammed her way around the world signing post-Brexit trade deals and raising her profile.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2022

Times Square is the most Instagrammed landmark in America, according to an analysis by the photo printing company Printique.

From New York Times May 28, 2022

Diana's strawberry rose smoothing made with my yogurt became the most Instagrammed snack of that year's event.

From Salon May 19, 2022

“The barista drew a cat that you could’ve Instagrammed, but it got messed up.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Instagramming and YouTubing parents expose their children in ways that regularly walk the line between creativity and exploitation—and get called out for it.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2021

In the 2010s, tourism expanded rapidly there, bringing Instagramming crowds to beautiful — and often fragile — places with limited infrastructure to accommodate them.

From Washington Post Jul. 29, 2021

Perhaps it’s the notion that, with our now-vast population, not to mention the Curse of Instagramming, strikingly cool outdoor haunts are just going to be much more heavily peopled in our present and future.

From Seattle Times Jun. 27, 2021

You need a lot of people Instagramming, Instagramming, Instagramming because it’s a way to get images of your clothes out into the world.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2021

On Tuesday, two tourists wearing Liberty Bell T-shirts strolled along the Walk of Fame, Instagramming their end-of-summer delights.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2020

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