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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 32-year-old wrote on Instagram alongside a highlights reel of her on the programme that it was "time to throw myself into something new".

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

She saw a post on Instagram from a Wellness Society chapter at a different school and eventually submitted an application to start her own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

“Our families and neighbors deserve to live without fear. We keep each other safe,” the group announced on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

“Behold: the state of chaos that my house has become!” she wrote, while posting photos from her dwelling on Instagram.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

I don’t know if I’m ready to upload a photo of a new guy to Instagram because that’s a huge statement, but it'd be nice to start having something to remember this summer by.

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

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 social media-driven crowd is another matter, casting a wide net since the restaurant was reported to be one of the top 10 most Instagrammed restaurants in the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2021

“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

Over the years, Mr. Sitner has served clientele from aging hippies to Instagramming millennials, and all political persuasions.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019

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