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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
Sam Fleischacker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
What was your favorite part of traveling and filming all over Europe for the film?
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Creepshow, along with its sequel five years later (a third film and a TV series were made without King's involvement) stands as a low-stakes testament to King's ability to spin a yarn.
—James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Our task, in all these cases, is to film the settlers and call the army and police.
—Sam Fleischacker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
What was your favorite part of traveling and filming all over Europe for the film?
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
With global tensions running high, TIFF audiences appeared especially receptive to films embracing levity and escapism.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Creepshow, along with its sequel five years later (a third film and a TV series were made without King's involvement) stands as a low-stakes testament to King's ability to spin a yarn.
—James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for film
Noun
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Zuckerberg also announced Horizon TV, pitching it as a way to watch television shows, sporting events and movies using the company's Quest VR headsets.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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With its mix of full-length features, short films and documentaries from at home and abroad, the schedule speaks to the breadth and depth of Black filmmaking internationally.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Despite a 2010 ban on filmmaking, media appearances and travel, Panahi continued working in secret.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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After the attack, he was videotaped sitting cross-legged on the sidewalk, covered in blood and holding the golf club in one hand.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Immigrant rights groups criticized his administration when armed Border Patrol officers on horseback were videotaped chasing Haitian migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border.—
Kevin Johnson,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
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Apatow is now making a documentary about Brooks, while also developing films about Norm Macdonald and Maria Bamford.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Although Jon Cryer recently appeared in Charlie Sheen‘s documentary, the former onscreen brothers appear to have lost touch off-screen.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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About a hundred people packed into the museum’s private cinema to hear the results—five winners out of some ten thousand entries—while munching popcorn from little striped cartons.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The committee said in a statement that the film’s inclusion underscores Indonesian cinema’s growing ambition to strengthen its presence on the global stage.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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But now, using Willow, Google’s 58-qubit quantum processor, the team imaged the new phase’s behavior and developed an interferometric algorithm to probe its topological structure.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some of the brightest stars in our sky look great when imaged with a smart telescope.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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