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as in playhouse
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
there's still one theater in town that shows independent films
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as in drama
the public performance of plays
have been fascinated by the theater ever since I was a child
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as in auditorium
a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings
the lecturer waited until the theater was full before beginning
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Recent Examples of theater
To join their family and put this film out into theaters is a dream come true.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
That film also opened in around 1,500 theaters and targeted a similar political demographic to Melania in its marketing.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
The movie, which follows the First Lady in the 20 days leading up to the 2025 inauguration, opens Friday around the globe and is expected to see around $5M stateside in 1,500 theaters, possibly the best start for a documentary in the last decade.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
As a former choir and theater kid who grew up in a musical family, pursuing the arts was always her priority.
—Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
That film also opened in around 1,500 theaters and targeted a similar political demographic to Melania in its marketing.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
The movie, which follows the First Lady in the 20 days leading up to the 2025 inauguration, opens Friday around the globe and is expected to see around $5M stateside in 1,500 theaters, possibly the best start for a documentary in the last decade.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
As a former choir and theater kid who grew up in a musical family, pursuing the arts was always her priority.
—Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theater
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The town of Bay Harbor, which has a population of about 6,000, sits some 18 miles northeast of the playhouse and the city of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2026
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Bill Hanney, owner and producer of Theater By The Sea, announced four shows coming to the Wakefield playhouse, according to a press release by the theater.—
Rin Velasco,
The Providence Journal,
10 Jan. 2026
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After 11 episodes, Marinaro exited to join the cast of NBC’s groundbreaking crime drama Hill Street Blues.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Before joining Amazon, Lancaster was Alcon Television Group President and head of drama at NBC; Pepper was President of Legendary Television and Head of Television for the Mark Gordon Company.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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Instead of restricting audiences to three-hour events in a single auditorium, the staff plan to invite guests to explore the rest of the building and mingle over refreshments in its vast hallways.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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The center, located in Jackson Park on the South Side, will include a Chicago Public Library branch, an auditorium, a media suite, an athletic center and the museum with exhibits from Obama’s past.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Beijing has increasingly made clear its efforts to build technological self-sufficiency and hold its own on the global stage.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump held in-person interviews with each of the final four candidates as the final stage of a process that concluded earlier this month.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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The film concludes with Rushdie and Griffiths returning to the amphitheater in Chautauqua where he was stabbed.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Curving around the glistening, glacial Sarmiento Lake, an amphitheater of rooms gazes up at the Paine massif, with scenes constantly shifting depending on the time of day.—
Sarah Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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EngineAI confirmed that its production models are powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, providing up to 2000 TOPS of AI compute, along with a 360-degree LiDAR perception system.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Reliability, flexibility, and fast, on time delivery guide development, with specifications tailored to local markets and customers, from last mile hubs and national distribution to cold storage, production facilities, and data centres.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ford, a member of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Indian tribe who also has a Nigerian and Laotian background, was studying to be an entertainment attorney.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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Renate Reinsve, Elle Fanning (Breaking Baz’s words on her are over here), and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas also received acting nominations.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
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They became popularized by the playwright in his hit 1979 production Zoot Suit, which was the first big acting break for Edward James Olmos.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Theater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theater. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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