Thesaurus results for PHOTOGRAPHS

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noun

plural of photograph

as in photos

a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out

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verb

present tense third-person singular of photograph

as in pictures

to take a photograph of we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop

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Recent Examples of photographs

Noun

Today, in the context of this historic event, the artist presents a series of unpublished photographs from that session with Vanity Fair. —

Gustavo Egusquiza, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026 As first reported by The Art Newspaper, the gift spans centuries, from 16th-century ceramics to textiles, photographs, wooden objects, prints, and archival material tied to Rivera and his circle. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The video continues with a montage of personal photographs and footage spanning his life and career, including black-and-white images of his mother from October 1958 and of Prince himself from May 1960, alongside performance clips and music video highlights. —

Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026 Drake wore the watch for the cover art and additional photographs by Hyghly Alleyne and Lamar Taylor. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026 Family friend, celebrity photographer Milton Greene, famed for his black and white photographs of Marilyn Monroe inside his New York City studio in 1956, asked to photograph Pommier. —

Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 But as these remarkable photographs show, real wrestling is what takes courage. —

David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 The gear is secretive enough that the RAF would only permit photographs of the plane’s exterior. —

Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 The art critic Jerry Saltz took thousands of photographs of the New York art world throughout the 1990s. —

The Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

Verb

The camera cross-references the sound spike with the exact moment a vehicle passes, photographs the plate, and generates the ticket automatically. —

Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Capturing an iconic image Murphy photographs all kinds of wildlife, especially the charismatic creatures of Yellowstone National Park. —

Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026 For visitors who want to experience a side of Miami beyond the beach — and who appreciate a dining atmosphere that’s romantic, intimate, and richly textured — La Grande Boucherie is a standout choice that photographs beautifully and feels completely transporting. —

Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2026 The controversy centers around Lifetouch, a company that photographs millions of students nationwide each year. —

Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026 Some districts in the region are issuing instructions for parents on how to opt out of services provided by the giant company that photographs over 15 million students every fall. —

Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026 The disruption to school picture plans in Texas and elsewhere began after online posts linked Lifetouch, which photographs millions of students each year, to the investment fund manager Apollo Global Management. —

Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026 Owens started the unwrapping process and opens all his gifts, and Biles flimed and photographs his reactions. —

Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025 The images that Buckman photographs — family and community members in bedrooms, on couches, under quilts— become compositions painted and stitched into vintage cloth. —

Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025

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Noun

There’s also an option to add photos inside the locket, and gift packaging is available, too, which makes the whole gifting process even easier.

— Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
The neo-bluegrass musician took to social media Monday to post photos of himself laid up in a hospital bed, along with multiple X-rays of the nuts and bolts now holding his leg together.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026