as in film
the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
By the end of the decade, though, Redford began getting notices for his big screen appearances in films like Barefoot in the Park and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
As the show went on, the stand-up comedian reminded the audience members about the tally and plastered the number on a big screen.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
This is a case where people who have already gotten to know these characters and their travails on a small screen (the show ran for six seasons) are happy to spend extra money to bask in their further joys, sorrows, and anxieties writ large, on a big screen.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
The Apple Watch Series 10 is thin, sleek, and now $70 off, giving you a big screen, fast charging, and sensors that make workouts and even snorkeling smarter.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
As the show went on, the stand-up comedian reminded the audience members about the tally and plastered the number on a big screen.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
This is a case where people who have already gotten to know these characters and their travails on a small screen (the show ran for six seasons) are happy to spend extra money to bask in their further joys, sorrows, and anxieties writ large, on a big screen.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
The Apple Watch Series 10 is thin, sleek, and now $70 off, giving you a big screen, fast charging, and sensors that make workouts and even snorkeling smarter.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
Noun
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Lockhart Kraner reprises her role of Gabby, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast for the film.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Set in a luxurious, remote country manor, director Ché Baker’s film stars Kiran Shah (The Hobbit trilogy).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So all movies were basically, that was the audience.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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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
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FilmNorth’s new hub for local filmmaking opened in the neighborhood earlier this summer, too.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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Molina, a window dresser imprisoned for public indecency, escapes the grim reality of their confinement by retelling the plot of a glamorous Hollywood musical featuring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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