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
One of Oakland Park’s first development ventures involved Screen Talent Studios Inc., a motion picture outfit that gave away lots to subscribers of its new movie magazine.
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Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
Further disruption came Monday, when the motion picture academy again delayed the announcement of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards until Jan. 23.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Netflix’s The Piano Lesson leads the motion picture categories with 14 nominations and Peacock’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist leads television with nine.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The producer was in attendance at the Jan. 5 ceremony, where his fiancée Selena Gomez was nominated for best supporting actress motion picture for Emilia Pérez and best actress in a television series for Only Murders in the Building.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
Further disruption came Monday, when the motion picture academy again delayed the announcement of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards until Jan. 23.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Netflix’s The Piano Lesson leads the motion picture categories with 14 nominations and Peacock’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist leads television with nine.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The producer was in attendance at the Jan. 5 ceremony, where his fiancée Selena Gomez was nominated for best supporting actress motion picture for Emilia Pérez and best actress in a television series for Only Murders in the Building.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motion picture
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The couple recently caught up with PEOPLE at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, ahead of the premiere of their movie Together.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Read more: The Human Cost of Binge-Watching True Crime Series Shackleton also steps back to reveal how his movie might have adhered to the tropes of the true crime genre.—
Esther Zuckerman,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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He himself is represented in moving pictures as a conductor.—
Cuneyt Dil,
Axios,
6 Sep. 2024
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As a division of Amazon, IMDb has branched out and has further integrated itself into its parent company’s Prime Video service with its X-Ray feature, which shows the cast and credits of talent in a film or show when the title is paused.—
Erik Hayden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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Purple: Medical professionals that may appear in film or on other products.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Thompson’s life transformed post-Oscars and making this documentary sparked some self-reflection.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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The feature-length documentary tells how their parents, Maria and Felix, travelled across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa when Maria was pregnant with Inaki (as the elder sibling described to The Athletic in 2022).—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Motion picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20picture. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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