Thesaurus results for DRAMAS

dramas

noun

plural of drama

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 Live sports, daytime dramas, talk shows, news, social media content and advertising and corporate videos would not be eligible. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Excluded are news, live sports, talk shows, daytime dramas, social media content, advertising and corporate videos. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 Viral cultural exports like the Labubu plushy and Chinese dramas, as well as the online Chinamaxxing trend have driven interest and tourism in China. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 The amount of side characters and interfamily dramas feels too big for its 93-minute runtime, leaving some storylines feeling unfinished while still taking time away from others that deserved more focus. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2026 Xu traveled to Hengdian, a film-production hub in eastern China, and began landing roles in one or two dramas a month. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026 Like other death row dramas including Clemency, Just Mercy and Dead Man Walking, this film questions whether there’s really that big a difference between murderous cruelty and state-sanctioned capital punishment. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 The lineup is packed with powerful dramas, eye-opening documentaries, and imaginative animation and shorts that highlight diverse stories of culture, sense of place, and resilience. — Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 15 Sep. 2026 Sandler was read folk tales as a child and grew up watching the popular anti-heroes of early HBO dramas. — Jennie Punter, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Florida State finished the game with a 417-248 advantage in yardage on 25 fewer plays.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Finally, a flurry of momentum-changing defensive plays led to the game’s first score.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of plays

Noun

The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026

Definition of musicals

Noun

The speed and clarity with which Cruise delivers that monologue extends to his interactions with his co-stars in scenes that recall the whip-smart comedies of Preston Sturges in their fast badinage.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Those were both comedies about seismic events; Digger does it differently, a satire of disaster movies that says the real disaster is ourselves.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of comedies

Noun

Public figures face a high bar in defamation cases, and courts have afforded dramatizations of real people broad First Amendment protection.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
With each new season, there has been backlash to creative choices made in the dramatizations of these true crime stories.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of dramatizations

Noun

This aspect of his practice can also be seen in two other works that also underwent technical analysis courtesy C2RMF.

— Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
New works by Mexican artist Gabriel Guzmán, American artist Betty Woodman and Lee Ufan have been selected to commemorate France’s diplomatic anniversaries with Mexico, the United States and Korea.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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