as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture
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Recent Examples of motion picture
The movie is one of the top-grossing motion pictures of all time.
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Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Colvin’s perseverance through these hardships captured media attention and was eventually portrayed in the major motion picture, When the Game Stands Tall.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The 1996 London cast recording leapt 583% in streaming activity to over 235,000 official streams the weekend of the Hollywood Bowl production, and the 1973 motion picture soundtrack jumped 151% to over 155,000 official streams during the same period.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
Don Granger will be president of its motion picture group and Matt Thunell will have the same role at Paramount Television Studios.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Colvin’s perseverance through these hardships captured media attention and was eventually portrayed in the major motion picture, When the Game Stands Tall.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The 1996 London cast recording leapt 583% in streaming activity to over 235,000 official streams the weekend of the Hollywood Bowl production, and the 1973 motion picture soundtrack jumped 151% to over 155,000 official streams during the same period.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
Don Granger will be president of its motion picture group and Matt Thunell will have the same role at Paramount Television Studios.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motion picture
Noun
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The books-to-movies pipeline is littered with stories of adaptations gone wrong.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Zelensky doesn't want to go through the same movie again.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While some dogs eagerly follow the moving pictures and even try to interact with them, others don’t seem to care what's on TV at all.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
17 July 2025
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Having got into moving pictures during its New Jersey infancy alongside Thomas Edison, Fox was in a powerful position to make a move for MGM.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2025
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The coverage Jaden Hicks isn’t going to enjoy the film.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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In fact, it could be said that few creative mediums go together quite like fashion and film.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
6 Sep. 2025
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Fans and fellow players acknowledge her transformation in the documentary.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Motion picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20picture. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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