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stock image

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[stahk im-ij] / ˈstɑk ˈɪm ɪdʒ /

noun

stock images plural
  1. a photograph or other image, often of a generic subject, which has been made available for use by others.


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His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2025

Several major owners of stock image databases plan to use the service, which would avert legal questions about copyright of images used to generate AI content.

From Reuters Mar. 21, 2023

And now, by the Hollywood of ours, which has claimed to access her mind, only to serve up a recycled stock image of a magic fetus.

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2022

His statement includes an early mock-up of the artwork, using a stock image of a different swimming baby, whose genitalia are not exposed.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2022

The dream-process mechanically reproduces its stock image the moment the intense sympathy-emotion is aroused.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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