: an act of seeing, watching, or taking a look
especially
: an instance or the practice of watching television
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In 2025, the Ursids will peak just two days after the new moon, ensuring dark skies for optimal viewing.
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Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
DarkSky International lists more than 200 places that have been certified by them as having good viewing of the night sky, thanks to local efforts to reduce light pollution.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Movies as immediately eye-catching attractions, built to thrill with size and scale and scope, follow in a venerable tradition of enticing viewers to movie theatres for experiences inaccessible via home viewing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
This layered, complex film reveals more and more of itself upon every viewing, petals of emotion, symbolism and meaning continually blooming, always grounded by Moura’s gravitational pull.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
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Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
DarkSky International lists more than 200 places that have been certified by them as having good viewing of the night sky, thanks to local efforts to reduce light pollution.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Movies as immediately eye-catching attractions, built to thrill with size and scale and scope, follow in a venerable tradition of enticing viewers to movie theatres for experiences inaccessible via home viewing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
This layered, complex film reveals more and more of itself upon every viewing, petals of emotion, symbolism and meaning continually blooming, always grounded by Moura’s gravitational pull.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Viewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewing. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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