as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture
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Recent Examples of motion picture
She's nominated for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (drama) alongside Angelina Jolie in Maria, Nicole Kidman in Babygirl, Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door, Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here and Kate Winslet in Lee.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Gomez, who was already a two-time Golden Globe nominee, earned nods this year in the categories for best actress in a musical or comedy TV series and best supporting actress in a motion picture.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
This includes workers who started as restaurant hosts, coffee shop employees, motion picture projectionists, amusement attendants, door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, pharmacy aides and telemarketers.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
This immersive journey to the North Pole is set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack. .
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Gomez, who was already a two-time Golden Globe nominee, earned nods this year in the categories for best actress in a musical or comedy TV series and best supporting actress in a motion picture.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
This includes workers who started as restaurant hosts, coffee shop employees, motion picture projectionists, amusement attendants, door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, pharmacy aides and telemarketers.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
This immersive journey to the North Pole is set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack. .
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motion picture
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Fathom Events, which puts movies, TV series, concerts and other events into movie theaters for limited runs, saw a record-breaking year for limited releases in 2024, with revenues increasing 45% to more than $145 million.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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Think of your media feature like a blockbuster movie.Qamar Zaman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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He himself is represented in moving pictures as a conductor.Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
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Get the gent talking about the moving pictures in any way, shape or form, however, and the result always tends to fall between mind-expanding and mind-blowing.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
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Jr on the original 1997 horror film set, the weather caused them to be stuck in a tunnel for almost an hour.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trump's Case On May 30, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the case, which involved a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some of the still photos from the show appear for the first time in the documentary, says Cutler, who mined John’s archives.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The 20 best cult documentaries and docuseries, ranked The raid In April 2013, envelopes containing threatening letters laced with ricin, a highly potent toxin derived from castor beans, were sent to President Barack Obama, Judge Sadie Holland, and Senator Roger Wicker, another enemy of Curtis's.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Motion picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20picture. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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