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as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center

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as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film

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Noun
With the series expected to film in Mexico, no plot details have yet been revealed. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 Bayat will consult with a couple on social media trends, then film short videos and post in real time on the bride’s or groom’s social media accounts. Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
To be humbled and awed by the 7-story screen, every square inch of vision filled with movie, ready to sink into the textures and colors of 70mm film. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025 Day-Lewis, 68, co-wrote the film with his son, Ronan, 27, who also makes his directorial debut with the expressionist drama. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for film
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Noun
  • So all movies were basically, that was the audience.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That passion — that enduring sense of purpose — is reflected across the course of a small but satisfying movie about people who are either desperate for something to live for, or living only for their desperation.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • FilmNorth’s new hub for local filmmaking opened in the neighborhood earlier this summer, too.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But make no mistake, this odyssey through hell and not back (virtually the entire film gets framed around that purgatory-like walking contest) is an artistic and gutsy triumph of filmmaking.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the attack, he was videotaped sitting cross-legged on the sidewalk, covered in blood and holding the golf club in one hand.
    KC Baker, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Immigrant rights groups criticized his administration when armed Border Patrol officers on horseback were videotaped chasing Haitian migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border.
    Kevin Johnson, The Conversation, 25 July 2025
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  • The heated moment resurfaced in recent weeks due to the unexpected release of In Whose Name, a new documentary exploring the complicated public and private life of the rapper, which has already pulled in over $750,000 in its first weekend.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Priestly famously stepped back from public engagements within the fashion industry following 2006's warts-and-all documentary exposé, The Devil Wears Prada.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mae raised Burnett’s mother, Louise Creighton, in San Antonio, Texas, but Louise—who had a passion for the cinema, and a severe beauty reminiscent of Joan Crawford’s—harbored dreams of moving to Hollywood to become a columnist on celebrity culture.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For lifelong film fans or cinema newbies alike this scratch-off poster makes a great gift.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of them, apparently flying by night, had used its thermal-imaging camera to detect an enemy soldier in what looked like a field or forest.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Fewer Than 100 exoplanets have been directly imaged, says NASA.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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