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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.
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Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Aug. 2023
Right now, everything was riding on Dumbo, the studio’s B picture.
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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.
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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
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But underneath, this micro-budget B movie is a jaundiced lament for the death of American individualism.
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Well, now their lives are a bad B movie inside a formulaic musical.
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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.
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In the other cofeature, Hart, 28, will fight Demond Nicholson of Laurel, Md., at 168 pounds.
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.
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The company is selling highly customizable electric vehicles that come with few standard features, but plenty of optional add-ons.
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Stars from Rowling's Harry Potter feature films have also criticized her stances, including Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe.
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The book was recently made into a major motion picture starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.
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The Thalberg award is presented to a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
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The film was nominated in the best short subject category, but lost to Snow Bear.
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They were previously featured in a documentary about climbing Malaysia's Merdeka 118 Tower, which is 2,227 feet tall.
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The Television Academy has announced the recipients of the 28th Hall of Fame class, tapping seven TV titans whose work spans documentary, animation, journalism, comedy and the executive suite.
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“B picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/B%20picture. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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