as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
in the 20th century moving pictures became an important form of artistic expression
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Recent Examples of moving picture
Choose a few from each category and your garden will keep working through the hottest stretch of the year — with the bonus of pollinators that turn the whole thing into a moving picture.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
The Polk Theatre, an ornate 1928 Italianate venue, has been screening films in Lakeland’s downtown square since before moving pictures had sound.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
From the very birth of the moving picture in the late 19th century, the revolutionary medium has had an inherent fascination with its own creation.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The idea of 24 frames a second, something that is hard to grasp, but in this sequence, in this flow, becomes a seamless moving picture is juxtaposed with with this gas inside of this tube which becomes an eternal glow.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
The Polk Theatre, an ornate 1928 Italianate venue, has been screening films in Lakeland’s downtown square since before moving pictures had sound.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
From the very birth of the moving picture in the late 19th century, the revolutionary medium has had an inherent fascination with its own creation.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The idea of 24 frames a second, something that is hard to grasp, but in this sequence, in this flow, becomes a seamless moving picture is juxtaposed with with this gas inside of this tube which becomes an eternal glow.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moving picture
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Plans call for a nine-screen movie theater spanning 40,000 square feet, restaurants and bars, retail shops, and a 773-space parking garage, which has already been completed.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
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Lord’s video is shot from the back seat of a car cruising down Sunset, the camera tracking other street ads beyond the windshield, centering a lasso-wielding Marlboro Cowboy, a Star Wars movie billboard, and one for the box-office flop Perfect (1985), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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There have actually been two things expressly excluded from the definition which is onions and motion picture box office receipts.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Over the last four years, the local motion picture industry has lost some 57,000 jobs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Here's what to know about the real-life case and how accurately the film depicts it.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The prominence of beef in Texas has also created a subindustry that showcases and preserves it, which is reflected in film and broader cultural storytelling about the state.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Recently featured in a documentary tour by filmmaker and YouTuber Kirsten Dirksen of Fair Companies, the site offers a rare look inside the underground world where missile crews stood ready around the clock to launch one of the most powerful nuclear weapons ever deployed by the United States.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Steve and his wife, Natalie Shirilla, spoke up for their daughter in the recent Netflix documentary The Crash, which renewed national attention in the 2022 car crash that killed Russo and Flanagan.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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“Moving picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20picture. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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