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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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The Instagram play presaged a series of lucrative investments involving brand-name startups: Spotify, payments processor Stripe, online glasses retailer Warby Parker, Gillette disruptor Harry’s, Twitch and Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The Isha Foundation, led by Indian guru Sadhguru, said in an Instagram post on Saturday that 80 members had been on a group trip in the area.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

By morning, McNally had gained more than 10,000 new followers on Instagram, with a heavy Filipino contingent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

As I open up Instagram, I see another person in their late-20s has been to Japan.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“Nah, this is on me. I’m paying you back for the Instagram idea.”

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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

The market has appeared on lists of the most Instagrammed restaurants in the U.S., with posts typically showing people tucking into mammoth trays of seafood.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2024

Travel Lens also ranked Deception Pass as the fourth most Instagrammed state park in the country, with 119,674 posts on the platform using park-specific hashtags.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2023

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

“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

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

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

But Ai Weiwei is also known for, say, Instagramming pictures of his meatball dinner.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2019

Crucially, the Lowell Farms logo — an outline of a horned goat head — has been installed in neon lighting for optimal Instagramming.

From New York Times Oct. 25, 2019

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