Pinterest

[pin-ter-ist, ‐trist]

Trademark.

1. the brand name for a photo-bookmarking website and mobile application, launched in 2010.

Example Sentences

Although we transformed the kitchen with imported tiles and a French range plucked from our shared Pinterest board, viewers had no idea we were foster parents struggling to keep our marriage intact.

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The boss of Pinterest has told the BBC the death of Molly Russell is a daily reminder of the urgent need to make social media safer for young people.

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The app - which functions like a digital notice board - hit the headlines when the 14-year-old, from Harrow, in northwest London, took her own life in 2017 after viewing self-harm content online on sites including Pinterest.

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Addressing the case publicly for the first time, Bill Ready - who became Pinterest's boss in 2022 - said he thought about her "every day" and learning the lessons of her death "guides our work".

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Pinterest has previously acknowledged the platform was not safe at the time of Molly's death.

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