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Recent Examples of documentary
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Following the opening-night world premiere of Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire documentary and a special Beacon Theatre performance by Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots, the festival headed uptown for an opening-night celebration sponsored by OKX and City National Bank.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 7 June 2026
Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
The Tickells received a Euros 10,000 cash award from Artemis Rising Foundation in recognition of their contributions to the documentary field.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026
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Noun
Not to be misinterpreted (and to keep with the interview motif), Lestat also invites Daniel (Eric Bogosian) to shoot a documentary of the band’s first tour.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Following the opening-night world premiere of Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire documentary and a special Beacon Theatre performance by Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots, the festival headed uptown for an opening-night celebration sponsored by OKX and City National Bank.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 7 June 2026
Adjective
The crowd also reacted energetically to questions about Kansas City barbecue and a call for Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
The Tickells received a Euros 10,000 cash award from Artemis Rising Foundation in recognition of their contributions to the documentary field.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for documentary
Noun
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The 75-minute docudrama is inspired by the protests that swept Tehran in January, highlighting five Iranians who meet in a Tehran alley before they’re executed, all witnessed from a window by Amir, a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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Toward the end of 2016, Shabnaameh released a docudrama that purported to reveal the start-ups’ links with the West.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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For many, the preservation of this traditional craft is a way to heal historical wounds and look brightly to the future.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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But of course, the systemic racism and violence at the root of those protests runs as deep as the founding of America itself, and artworks addressing those realities foster a more substantive historical reckoning today.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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For families While this is not a property that leads as family friendly, there are some key features of Equinox Hotel that make the property a nice option for families.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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In 1919, the Scotts Bluff National Monument was established by presidential proclamation, preserving more than 3,000 acres of land deemed important for both its geological features and human history.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Every few weeks, there's a new article based on a new theory with little to no factual basis.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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In total, Kapoor received more than $6 million of illicit income from Location Ventures and its projects between 2018 and 2023, according to a factual statement filed with his plea agreement.—
Jay Weaver
June 6,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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Although the countdown disappeared after only a few minutes, Swifties spent weeks dissecting screenshots and theorizing about a possible connection to the upcoming film.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Handy has more than 150 acting credits to his name and had acted across television and film since the 1970s.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
Adjective
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Pee-Wee as Himself, the 2025 Emmy award winner for best documentary or nonfictional special, is also among the nominees.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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That delirious excess befits the essence of Lapid’s method, which is a fusion of fiction with indigestibly and irreducibly nonfictional elements.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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The bonus featurettes will also be available on the 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD copies of The Bride!—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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The film will feature an exclusive making-of featurette offering a glimpse behind the curtain.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The founders of these companies are systems-level thinkers in the most literal sense.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
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“Documentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentary. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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