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as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center
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as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie
learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film
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as in to videotape
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Recent Examples of film
Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Night Train positions itself as a specialist in co-production and co-financing for TV series, feature films and docs.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
Again, Depardon got special permission to film what others can’t—actual trials, in a courtroom.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Should Cannes’ regular critics find that the same starts happening at the world’s most famous film festival, expect an uproar.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Night Train positions itself as a specialist in co-production and co-financing for TV series, feature films and docs.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
The industry is in panic mode, as this merger poses existential threats not only to film and content production, but potentially to cable network news ahead of the midterm elections.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
Again, Depardon got special permission to film what others can’t—actual trials, in a courtroom.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for film
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The experience of entering the telescope via its cat walk and being underneath the majestic dome was something out of a movie set.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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The movie made Oscars history when director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first female to win for best cinematography.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Emma Penrose Penrose is a Director of Photography with a focus on narrative and analog experimental filmmaking.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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No-budget filmmaking is an especially American folly-slash-miracle, the dreams of the anonymous cauldroned in backyards and basements in hopes of acknowledgement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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Her decision to team up with Hayley, an assistant at Tender, in the scheme to secretly videotape johns as future blackmail material, after it had been done to her and Henry, is another instance in which Yasmin adopts the tools used to hurt her to injure others.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Brown videotaped the encounter in which the agents used a battering ram to pop the door open.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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The documentary categories at the 98th annual Academy Awards honored a pair of films that turned the lens on matters of life and death.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
16 Mar. 2026
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In addition to appearing in this year’s Best Picture winner, Downey had a banner 2025, also starring in HBO’s The Chair Company, Happy Gilmore 2, and being the subject of the Peacock documentary Downey Wrote That about his legendary career as a writer on Saturday Night Live.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Boulder International Film Festival brings films and filmmakers from around the world to Boulder for a four-day celebration of the art of cinema.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The show’s first two episodes (which have a total run time of about 55 minutes) will play in select AMC cinemas on April 18, five days before the show’s full season debuts on Netflix.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Sombrero Galaxy was imaged to magnificent effect by the Hubble Space Telescope — most recently to mark its 35th anniversary in space — which revealed its sweeping disk-like structure and pronounced dusty lanes shining beneath its glowing galactic core.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Hayes got imaging on his back Thursday, but Redick did not have the results before the game.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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