as in photograph
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera
an album of wedding photos
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as in to photograph
to take a photograph of
photoed the historic mansion for a decorating magazine
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Recent Examples of photo
Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Click here to see more photos of Kengo Kuma’s new project in Kyoto.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Scott Hopkins' booking photo Beaver County District Court Andy Gall, who'd been first through the door when Janet Walsh was killed, was the first man through the door when Hopkins was arrested in January 2012.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The graininess of the photos also confers an appropriately gritty quality.
—Amy Reyes, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
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Noun
Every news report showed photos of them, but none of them ever struck me as my Vietnam dad.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Click here to see more photos of Kengo Kuma’s new project in Kyoto.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Scott Hopkins' booking photo Beaver County District Court Andy Gall, who'd been first through the door when Janet Walsh was killed, was the first man through the door when Hopkins was arrested in January 2012.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The graininess of the photos also confers an appropriately gritty quality.
—Amy Reyes, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo
Noun
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Fading photographs of Samih in uniform lined the walls.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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One of the writer’s jobs is, of course, to make a world of words, images, scenes, photographs—a unique artistic world that acts as the container for the story or the meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The pic is Christian Mungiu’s seventh to play the festival.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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The pair were spotted joyfully snapping photos of the graduate, and also made sure to take some individual pics with Deacon in his purple gown.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Traditional security testing is a snapshot in time, while agentic AI is a continuous movie.—
Joan Vendrell,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The 50-year-old baseball icon shared photos from Ella’s special day via Instagram on Wednesday, May 20–and Cynthia appears in a few snapshots.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
21 May 2026
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“Photo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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