Thesaurus results for B PICTURE

B picture

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as in B movie

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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. — 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

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Noun

At the same time, Lanterns comes with a set of expectations that will never burden Reacher, an extended B movie of a TV series adapted from a potboiler run of airplane novels.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Gone would be the days of strolling up to the box office, buying a cheap matinée ticket, and sitting in a mostly empty theatre to watch a B movie with your friends.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

Definition of B movie

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At Sessions in April, Stripe announced 288 products and features, including streaming payments that pair Metronome's metering with stablecoin micropayments on Tempo.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Gifting bird's-eye views of London from 138 feet above the River Thames, this permanent feature debuted in 2014 as one of the most unique vantage points in the city.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of feature

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The report notes that the average number of motion picture jobs in the county reached a nadir in 2025 at 93,263, down nearly 36 percent from 2022.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Lucisano served as president of Italy’s motion picture association ANICA from 1998 to 2001.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of motion picture

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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
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

Definition of short subject

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The eight-minute documentary was made by Buckingham Palace in conjunction with the charity.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
That was Davis, who sat for interviews with investigators in 1998, 1999, 2008 and 2009, in addition to sitting for a BET documentary and discussing details in his book.

— Michael Ruiz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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