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photographing

VERB

take a picture with a camera

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capture illustrate print reproduce shoot

STRONG

Photostat cinematize copy film get lens microfilm mug photo picture record roll snap snapshot take turn x-ray

WEAK

capture on film close-up get a likeness get a shot make a picture photoengrave

Antonyms

STRONG

fail lose misunderstand

Example Sentences

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According to investigators, the thieves went to the libraries to consult rare and valuable works, photographing and measuring them, and returned later to replace them with virtually undetectable copies.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Opie plans to return to her long-running “American Cities” series, photographing Washington, D.C., this summer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Increasingly, members of the public are photographing plants and animals they encounter and uploading them to online databases such as iNaturalist.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Inspired, Nones began photographing RiverSpring workers, from nurses to housekeepers, inviting them into a makeshift studio in the dining room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The bodyguard activated a compact digital camera and began photographing each wafer-thin page of the Book.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer