first-run
adjective
: available for public viewing for the first time
first-run movies
also
: exhibiting first-run movies
first-run theaters
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Initially a summer replacement, the series ran for three seasons and was revived in first-run syndication as What’s Happening Now!!
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Instead of confining its festival to the dead heat of August, Popcorn Frights throws screenings all year long, often free, including sneak previews of first-run features.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
In downtown Dolton was the Dolton Theatre, a movie house that showed first-run films and also cartoons and special features.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Broadcast and cable television use is waning, while streaming-first programming — including National Football League games being first-run on Netflix, Peacock and Prime Video — is entrenching itself as a marketplace leader.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Instead of confining its festival to the dead heat of August, Popcorn Frights throws screenings all year long, often free, including sneak previews of first-run features.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
In downtown Dolton was the Dolton Theatre, a movie house that showed first-run films and also cartoons and special features.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Broadcast and cable television use is waning, while streaming-first programming — including National Football League games being first-run on Netflix, Peacock and Prime Video — is entrenching itself as a marketplace leader.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“First-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-run. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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