camera roll
Americannoun
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camera rolls
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a folder on a smartphone containing all the photographs, screenshots, and videos taken on that device.
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a roll of film for use in a camera; film roll.
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Grieving often prompts frantic spelunking missions—rereading old letters or texts, scouring your camera roll and random social media accounts for any scrap of a memory of your loved one.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
There are almost as many error-message screenshots in my camera roll as there are of the food and seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos and photos of his trips to Antarctica, where the glaciologist and climate scientist has spent days and weeks at a time collecting ice core samples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Karl Schneider held up a photo of Amanda from his phone’s camera roll on Wednesday morning, from a trip they had taken together two years ago in Texas.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Whenever it was on, I became huffy, knitting my brows and aggressively scrolling through my camera roll or Twitter in silent protest.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
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