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Instagram

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[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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The court found that while one of Wilson's 2024 Instagram posts had suggested MacInnes "changed her story about feeling uncomfortable about what happened in the bathroom", this was not defamatory and was also "substantially true".

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Julia Munslow is a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal, where she leads social video strategy and visual storytelling across platforms like TikTok, LinkedIn and Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

"Our hearts are with Kaylee's family, friends, classmates, and everyone who knew and loved her during this incredibly difficult time," said a statement posted on Instagram, external.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

In the age of Instagram, everyone’s 15 minutes of fame has turned into an eternity.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Since the Incident at the Mess and since they got wind of the Instagram Live video, they’ve barely spoken to me.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

But then your cousin’s boyfriend Instagrammed a cool meme involving his neighbor’s chihuahua, and you went down a social media rabbit hole.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2022

Maybe it’s a finger-shaped lime with juice vesicles that look like caviar; maybe it’s a ham-hued pineapple, engineered by Del Monte to be Instagrammed.

From New York Times Feb. 22, 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

At the tender age of 25, while her contemporaries were Instagramming latte foam and downloading dating apps, the British author Ella Risbridger lost her longtime boyfriend to cancer.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2022

In other words, it relies on influential people Instagramming their merch and recruiting new readers through their small screens.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2021

This is the new Gossip Girl: one in which you might overhear the word “privilege,” but coming from a group of teens Instagramming themselves while holding court at Frenchette.

From Slate Jul. 7, 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

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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