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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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On TikTok and Instagram, a person's "aura" alludes to their style or attitude, with "100% aura" high praise for the most effortlessly cool persona.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

With a knack for lively storytelling, Peva shares that lore with more than 37,000 Instagram followers—who, alongside his signature boarding-school bow ties, have made the veteran broker an unlikely social-media influencer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In recent days, Dipke and other CJP leaders have shared several videos - of leaking roofs, dirty toilets, children sitting on the floor and angry students - with their 26 million Instagram followers.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“This wasn’t an easy decision, and not one we take lightly, but in our hearts, we know this break will only make Bonnaroo better,” organizers of the Manchester, Tenn., festival wrote on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Whenever he does these pieces, his answers require zero focus, so he normally hops on his phone and scrolls through Twitter and Instagram.

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

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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