cinemas

plural of cinema
as in theaters
a building or part of a building where movies are shown got a job cleaning the cinemas at the multiplex

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Recent Examples of cinemas Being Heumann has a one-week play in cinemas on November 6 before hitting Apple TV on November 13. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 No Other Land was not commercially released in Israeli or Palestinian cinemas. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2026 Netflix fulfilled its promise to spend big, but many industry observers said the company left a ton of cash on the table by skipping cinemas. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Since the end of July, the Sony superhero movie has ruled over cinemas with rare dominance. — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Part of what’s giving her the strength to take on the intense fitness challenge is her top secret role in the forthcoming Superman sequel, which is set to soar into cinemas on July 9, 2027. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026 Starting in the 1930s, as talking pictures and then radio and TV supplanted theater as the prime form of mass entertainment, some were converted to cinemas. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026 All eighteen of the city’s cinemas were showing films that winter. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cinemas
Noun
  • La Gradiva will be in theaters on December 18, just when your body is craving the Italian sun the most.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The finale will then open in movie theaters on March 12, 2027.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Collectors and parents began sending Hoban photos of their own childhood playhouses, helping identify rare models, missing accessories and even how certain sets originally looked.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Her Mame years kicked off with a national tour in 1965, followed by summer engagements, bus & truck tours and stops in Las Vegas, playhouses and dinner theaters.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

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“Cinemas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinemas. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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