Example Sentences

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It had a slick-looking website with beaming models in stock photos and five-star reviews from apparently happy clients.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

The pictures in encyclopedias are purposefully ordinary, like stock photos, but crucially different in that they’re freely licensed and homemade by pretty much anyone who is willing—no application process, few standards, and no style points.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023

According to the suit, AOG falsified safety certificates and even used stock photos for employees’ LinkedIn profiles.

From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Inside its sterile, 800 or so square feet, there’s a wall of mirrors, stock photos of people performing various exercises and fluorescent lighting that makes the plastic plants in the corner look even more fake.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

The last nine frames in the grid, which ran until 2032, were placeholders for the future, holding stock photos of silvergrass instead of students.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023