ANIMATED CARTOONS Synonyms: 20 Similar Words

animated cartoons

noun

plural of animated cartoon

as in short subjects

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Noun

And because major motion pictures often require years to produce, a decision postponed today can become a missing film several years from now.

— Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
The film will be among the 20 titles competing at the festival, running against other major motion pictures.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of motion pictures

Noun

No combination of stilettos and old-fashioned shoe-leather can temper the fact that integrity, talent, hard work, and a dedication to treating everything from fashion to the moving pictures with seriousness is in perpetual danger of extinction.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
The Polk Theatre, an ornate 1928 Italianate venue, has been screening films in Lakeland’s downtown square since before moving pictures had sound.

— Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025

Definition of moving pictures

Noun

From the hundreds of hours of footage shot, Khrzhanovsky has produced several feature films.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Behind the screen, five full-range speaker systems remain in place — enough, Counter said, to properly present vintage 70mm films with their original six-channel sound.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of films

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Netflix — which is headquartered in Los Gatos — bought the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood in 2020 and turned it into not only a showcase for its own movies but classic screenings curated by American Cinematheque.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Despite improvements to the state’s film tax incentive program, Los Angeles and California continue to struggle to keep movies, television series and even game shows from fleeing elsewhere.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of movies

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Several other curved, slender bones were soon found nearby, according to pictures shared with the station.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Zeimetz, coincidentally or not, posted pictures at a Hammond restaurant and at a Joliet Slammers baseball game on those corresponding dates.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pictures

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