as in plays
a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage
wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals
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Recent Examples of dramas
That’s how Netflix goes from selling CPMs on dramas to owning an entirely new premium ad category.
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Max Cutler, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Their expertise spans kids, animation, comedy, unscripted, prestige dramas, CBS procedurals and lots of sports.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Curtis also discusses what sets Scarpetta apart from all the other crime dramas currently dominating the streaming landscape.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
This year's Oscar nominees span many genres, including intimate international dramas and supernatural blockbusters.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
More than just a mere tale of medieval heroism, this is a surreal, gorgeous piece of work that challenges preconceptions of fantasy dramas and feels vitally fresh.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
Like all good dramas, there must be an antagonist.
—Stephen Wilder, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s a facile critical tendency to liken a wide range of talky and small-scale dramas to the films of Éric Rohmer.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
In one of the most bizarre boardroom dramas in corporate history, Anthropic’s chief rival OpenAI abruptly fired its founder and CEO Sam Altman on a November Friday in 2023, only to rehire him the following Tuesday.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Max Cutler, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Their expertise spans kids, animation, comedy, unscripted, prestige dramas, CBS procedurals and lots of sports.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Curtis also discusses what sets Scarpetta apart from all the other crime dramas currently dominating the streaming landscape.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
This year's Oscar nominees span many genres, including intimate international dramas and supernatural blockbusters.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
More than just a mere tale of medieval heroism, this is a surreal, gorgeous piece of work that challenges preconceptions of fantasy dramas and feels vitally fresh.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
Like all good dramas, there must be an antagonist.
—Stephen Wilder, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s a facile critical tendency to liken a wide range of talky and small-scale dramas to the films of Éric Rohmer.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
In one of the most bizarre boardroom dramas in corporate history, Anthropic’s chief rival OpenAI abruptly fired its founder and CEO Sam Altman on a November Friday in 2023, only to rehire him the following Tuesday.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramas
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Conning off the bench, Harvey showed determination and grit with his hustle plays.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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But Miami’s late lottery picks - Herro and Adebayo - made the decisive plays late.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Because San Diego is one of the biggest creators of new plays and musicals in the United States, the new musical and play categories were the highlights of the evening.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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Such minute attention to class is rare in recent American novels not set among the literati or ultra-wealthy, and still rarer in books that aren’t comedies.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Feature-length films of various genres, from documentaries to thrillers and comedies, have been selected from Latin America and Asia, while the short film categories are reserved exclusively for Latin America.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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Nestled between Yo’s recollections of childhood and early adulthood are establishing shots and dramatizations that, at first, can be hard to decipher as having been shot in real spaces or in Fitch’s meticulous 1/3rd scale models.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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Alberdi explores the tale from Ale’s perspective through the use of dramatizations, with actress Ana Celeste Montalvo Peña portraying Ale, and Armando Espitia as Arturo.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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Many works of Georges Méliès are even believed to have been burned as the original negatives, as the nitrate film stock is incredibly fragile and inflammable.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The organization was founded in 1992 with a series of artist commissions and installations for specific places, focused on public engagement with the arts and the social and political contexts explored in these works.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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