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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
Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
It will be followed at 7 p.m. by a free screening of the eight short films in the program at Foothill’s Smithwick Theatre.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 3 May 2026
Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 1 May 2026
While returning to his base after the training mission, the wingman suddenly banked his jet because two fellow pilots on the lead aircraft were trying to film him with their phones.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Seventy percent of the films in the 2026 competition lineup were directed by women.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
It will be followed at 7 p.m. by a free screening of the eight short films in the program at Foothill’s Smithwick Theatre.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 3 May 2026
Verb
British literature of the Romantic, or modern, or contemporary periods; and then film or, finally, linguistics.
—Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 1 May 2026
While returning to his base after the training mission, the wingman suddenly banked his jet because two fellow pilots on the lead aircraft were trying to film him with their phones.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for film
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The new study used daily imagery, a change Seto describes like turning on a movie camera.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The movie’s editors cleaned up those early miscues and Insolera and Toscano eventually got far more connected as the cameras rolled.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Alongside the award presentation, ICDA will host a series of panels and masterclasses exploring the craft and impact of casting in contemporary filmmaking, with several dozen international casting directors in attendance.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Following The Staircase docuseries and show, Margaret produced a documentary, Subject, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival and shed light on the impact that documentary filmmaking can have on its subjects.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Ultimately four women would talk to Brown and agree to have their interviews videotaped by Michot.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 May 2026
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Police took Kogut to the District Attorney's Office where he was videotaped.—
Mary Murphy,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Draper’s other credits include the docuseries The Legacy of Black Wall Street for OWN/Discovery+, which was nominated for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative – Television at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, and the 2024 documentary 13 Days in Ferguson for Paramount+/CBS.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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The documentary also looks at how even through this reunion, the trauma of war still exists for Emmanuel and his team.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Larger-than-life cinema is his trademark, and his all-encompassing art of entertainment is particularly ambitious.—
Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Call it another twist in the story of an accidental heartthrob turned self-effacing star — or simply the irony of teller and tale — but despite his discomfort with visibility, Arlaud has become one of the most outspoken left-wing voices in contemporary French cinema.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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That detail resonated deeply with me, both as a patient with my own growing collection of MRI discs and as the spouse of a wife whose cancer journey created an expanding library of imaging CDs scattered across institutions.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The purpose of this fund is to identify and financially support independent creators who have important stories to tell that positively impact and image the communities described above, and to further promote the role of intersectionality in the creation of meaningful stories.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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