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Noun
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Some of today’s most interesting films are shot on such devices, under circumstances that corroborate their all-purpose convenience and utility.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026 -
Yang’s career solidified on a fateful trip back to China in the summer of 2023, as micro-drama companies began looking to make films overseas.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The White House interspersed video clips of its strikes in Iran with imagery from Nintendo’s Wii Sports in a post on March 12, and cut footage of the strikes with clips from various action movies and TV shows on March 5.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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But in a vacuum, those two movies are nothing alike, not even the same genre.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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Windows 11 Pro offers speed improvements, fresh features that make your device feel newer, and tighter security.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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During their time there, Ozzy and Sharon carefully renovated the home in order to add modern day luxuries and features, while making sure to maintain the historical architecture and charm of the era it was designed and built in.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Vakoch said that among the early proponents of displaying pictures to communicate with extraterrestrials was the illustrious mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days, but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Jan. 2026
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All features and series screened to UK audiences for the first time, including 28 world premieres (7 features, 1 series, 19 shorts, 1 immersive), 11 International Premieres (11 features, 1 short), and 20 European Premieres (12 features, 7 shorts, 1 immersive).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Because the images rotate at a screen-saver pace, my advice would be to focus on the preparatory drawings and cartoons, which are like sparks thrown off some great, beautiful machine.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Quiñones often took inspiration from cartoons and comic books, painting dragons or, most famously, Howard the Duck.—
Paula Aceves,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Documentaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentaries. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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