motion pictures

plural of motion picture
as in movies
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 pictures The Costume Designers Guild includes more than 1,200 costume designers, assistant costume designers and illustrators working in motion pictures, TV, commercials, music videos and new media programs throughout the world. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025 The movie is one of the top-grossing motion pictures of all time. Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Profiles and items in The Talk of the Town (a department that figured in the first issue) also defined the magazine’s perspective on what was happening in motion pictures. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Classic board games with familiar characters from TV or movies help kids better connect with the game and understand its rules.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Sorry to bring horror movies into this.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Karmitz touted France as a country where a company like mk2 can represent a diverse range of filmmakers, including current films by Iranian, Palestinian, and Russian dissident directors.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Festival director Jung Hanseok merged the longstanding New Currents and Kim Jiseok programs to create a more impactful platform exclusively for Asian cinema, with 14 films competing for five categories of the new Busan Award.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Motion pictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20pictures. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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