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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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Modi's ruling party has 9.6 million Instagram followers, while the CJP, launched only in May, has more than 26 million.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

“It’s basically an airport designed for people who never want to see the airport,” a travel influencer said in an Instagram video.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Adeyemi co-wrote the script with director Gina Prince-Bythewood and shared in an Instagram reel posted on Wednesday that she worked on the film “to make it a little better for us to be alive.”

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

You’ve probably seen those Instagram or TikTok posts on extreme day trips: jetting off somewhere exotic for 24 hours no matter the distance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

We can start slow by following each other on Instagram again and keeping the group chat thread alive.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and 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 aesthetically pleasing hotel has a rooftop pool, a highly Instagrammed greenhouse restaurant and the ’80s-themed speakeasy with karaoke suites.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

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

As Lydia tweeted and Instagrammed them, Dill smiling in each one, she basked in her relief.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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

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

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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