coproduction
noun
co·pro·duc·tion
(ˌ)kō-prə-ˈdək-shən 
-prō-
variants
or co-production
plural coproductions or co-productions
1
: the act or process of coproducing something
Already firmly entrenched in the coal business, most of the larger utilities have turned to optimizing the use of coal, and one means is coproduction of gaseous fuels …—
Joseph Haggin
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: something (such as a show or movie) that is coproduced
A coproduction with the BBC, Rome recently kicked off its twelve-episode first season, a seductively lurid mix of real history … and racy potboiler …—Celia Wren
Celia WrenExamples of coproduction in a Sentence
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Their cooperation increasingly includes shadowy coproduction and technology-sharing initiatives rather than simply the transfer of finished capabilities.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
How did this film become a China-Netherlands coproduction?
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Hong Kong will offer more than $1 million per project to film coproductions with Europe under a new grant scheme to be launched this week at the European Film Market in Berlin.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024
Singapore is launching a new fund to support international coproduction of TV series.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
The dark fantasy film is being structured as an Indonesian-Taiwan coproduction and should shoot in the third quarter of next year.
—Sophia Sun, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
Rachel van Bommel produces for Millstreet Films in coproduction with Beta Film and FBO.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
The film is a coproduction between Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, produced by Minds Meet in coproduction with Les Films Fauves, Lemming Film, Coproduction Office and Shelter Prod.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
In the season before the pandemic only one of the six shows at Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C., was a coproduction; next season at least five of its six shows will be coproductions.
—Michael Paulson, New York Times, 23 July 2023
Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
How did this film become a China-Netherlands coproduction?
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Hong Kong will offer more than $1 million per project to film coproductions with Europe under a new grant scheme to be launched this week at the European Film Market in Berlin.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024
Singapore is launching a new fund to support international coproduction of TV series.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
The dark fantasy film is being structured as an Indonesian-Taiwan coproduction and should shoot in the third quarter of next year.
—Sophia Sun, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
Rachel van Bommel produces for Millstreet Films in coproduction with Beta Film and FBO.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
The film is a coproduction between Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, produced by Minds Meet in coproduction with Les Films Fauves, Lemming Film, Coproduction Office and Shelter Prod.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
In the season before the pandemic only one of the six shows at Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C., was a coproduction; next season at least five of its six shows will be coproductions.
—Michael Paulson, New York Times, 23 July 2023
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