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motion picture

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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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“Motion picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20picture. Accessed 5 Dec. 2022.

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