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drive-in

noun

Definition of drive-in

as in cinema

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Recent Examples of drive-in Other outdoor activities, like a farmers market in Michigan and a drive-in theater in Minnesota, were canceled on Monday because of the heat. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 There are 50 tent sites, including 24 walk-in sites and 26 drive-in sites, as well as five car-camping sites. — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026 That changed as Americans wholeheartedly embraced the automobile and a new innovation—the drive-in gasoline station—proliferated at an astonishing rate across the country. — Daniel Yergin, Time, 20 June 2026 More sports should do drive-in double features of a classic flick and then a game. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for drive-in

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Now, which ultimately became the highest grossing hard rock cinema event in North American history.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
But audience appetite for great stories, and for the communal experience of cinema-going, is strikingly resurgent and our filmmaking talent continues to be among the world’s best.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Definition of cinema

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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
Fearing for their lives, the kids escape the confines of Buddy’s playhouse and embark on a dangerous journey to the mythical Diamond City.

— Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

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The rest are retrofits like my local theater — ordinary multiplex auditoriums Imax began converting in the mid-aughts, giving them somewhat bigger screens, upgraded sound, and hefty surcharges.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the movie palace, which is a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument, and plans to reopen and restore the Dome and the adjoining multiplex under the operation of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

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