moving picture

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 But just before moving pictures started to proliferate in their nickelodeon infancy, the Shuberts saw an opportunity in the legitimate theater and grabbed it. Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025 From universities that are as old (or older) than the moving picture itself, to budding programs, the schools on this list collectively offer an impressive array of educators, facilities and lessons to be learned. Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025 Yeah, there’s this British photographer named Misan Harriman, who takes beautiful, moving pictures at protests. Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025 Clips not only conjure these same vivid memories, but also bring them to life in moving pictures. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for moving picture
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  • The film’s 4K restoration will then roll out to theaters throughout October, and a 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the original movie soundtrack will be reissued on 180g red-in-gold vinyl on October 10.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Hulu offers tons of non-original television shows and movies, and produces original content.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • 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
  • Below are all of the new appointees’ official bios, straight from the incoming Paramount Skydance team: Don Granger President, Motion Picture Group As President, Motion Picture Group, Don will be in charge of motion picture creative, physical production, business affairs, and production finance.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • The film debuted at the 2025 Cannes International Film Festival.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The film will launch Sept. 10 on the streamer, which also shared key art and a trailer (scroll down to watch below).
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • The new documentary was created by Richard Yelland.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The Orchestra has even wrote new songs and put out an album in the early 2000s and just last year was the subject of a documentary film.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Moving picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20picture. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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