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Instagram

American  
[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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In the joke that inspires the special’s title, she measures an Instagram comment’s subzero value in a wide scope, lampooning the communal yet cartoonish nature of our endless scroll.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hilary Swank recently revealed on Instagram that she is pregnant with her third child.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some hashtags just don't appear on Instagram, said Athena Lamnisos, CEO of gynaecological cancer charity Eve Appeal.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hull has more than 866,000 Instagram followers and recently started her own YouTube channel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I tried making them like some of the Instagram comics I follow, though mine aren’t always funny.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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

But then your cousin’s boyfriend Instagrammed a cool meme involving his neighbor’s chihuahua, and you went down a social media rabbit hole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022

Diana's strawberry rose smoothing made with my yogurt became the most Instagrammed snack of that year's event.

From Salon ● May 19, 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

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

You need a lot of people Instagramming, Instagramming, Instagramming because it’s a way to get images of your clothes out into the world.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2021

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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