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Recent Examples of B picture
Once upon a time, movie houses were full of all sorts of pictures — big pictures, little pictures, A pictures, B pictures, smart pictures, silly pictures.
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Nevertheless, old movies did creep onto TV through the 1950s, beginning with B pictures on local stations and gradually progressing to A pictures in network prime time.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Right now, everything was riding on Dumbo, the studio’s B picture.
—Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Nevertheless, old movies did creep onto TV through the 1950s, beginning with B pictures on local stations and gradually progressing to A pictures in network prime time.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Right now, everything was riding on Dumbo, the studio’s B picture.
—Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for B picture
Noun
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Years earlier, these types might have flocked to indie film, reality television or B movies to gain a paycheck and a line on their résumé.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2026
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Well, now their lives are a bad B movie inside a formulaic musical.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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Ugas, who holds the W.B.A. title that the organization stripped from Pacquiao last year because of his inactivity, was scheduled to face Cristian Maidana in the cofeature bout but was promoted to the main event when Spence withdrew.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2021
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In the other cofeature, Hart, 28, will fight Demond Nicholson of Laurel, Md., at 168 pounds.—
Don Steinberg,
Philly.com,
26 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
Noun
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Patience and even guarantees, features that are often central to preventing the outbreak of conflict, had no place in such a scenario.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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But even with these advanced features, an Uber executive is sounding the alarm on the rideshare company’s AI spending.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Over the last four years, the local motion picture industry has lost some 57,000 jobs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Bernard also sees a silver lining for the motion picture business in Paramount’s commitment to production in New Jersey.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The film was nominated in the best short subject category, but lost to Snow Bear.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Feb. 2026
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The festival begins Friday and continues through Saturday with more than a dozen film selections, both full features and short subjects.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Recently featured in a documentary tour by filmmaker and YouTuber Kirsten Dirksen of Fair Companies, the site offers a rare look inside the underground world where missile crews stood ready around the clock to launch one of the most powerful nuclear weapons ever deployed by the United States.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Steve and his wife, Natalie Shirilla, spoke up for their daughter in the recent Netflix documentary The Crash, which renewed national attention in the 2022 car crash that killed Russo and Flanagan.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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“B picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/B%20picture. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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