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
That's a grand total of $1.5 billion injected into the Texas moving picture industry.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Portable projectors can bring moving pictures to the campsite or presentations to isolated work places.
—Paul Ridden
june 19, New Atlas, 19 June 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
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Portable projectors can bring moving pictures to the campsite or presentations to isolated work places.
—Paul Ridden
june 19, New Atlas, 19 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moving picture
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Pointing his finger at me, Tommy laid out the next fifty years of my movie business existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, who envisioned the city, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil hosts art exhibitions, international movies, and other events.—
Greyson Ferguson,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Humanity has developed a lot of new technologies in the past 150 years—powered flight, automobiles, electric lights, radio, television, the telephone, motion pictures, and more.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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The film was also honored with Golden Globe Awards for best motion picture (drama) and best director.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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If only the music were able to keep pace with the dynamism of the film’s visual design.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sinners and Wicked were also included in the best score soundtrack for visual media category, which includes film and television, where the music from those films will compete against How To Train Your Dragon, Severance and The Wild Robot.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Breakthrough producer nominations go to Wyn Baptiste for activism documentary Shoot the People, Charlotte Knowles for cross-border doc Palestine Comedy Club, Joann Kushner for screenlife heist movie LifeHack and Dhiraj Mahey for social-realist coming-of-age drama Ish.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fujimoto shoots in an almost documentary-like, fly-on-the-wall style from the very beginning, but this isn’t to say that the film is cold or analytical in its depiction of this story.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Moving picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20picture. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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