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
Clips not only conjure these same vivid memories, but also bring them to life in moving pictures.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The idea of filming a figure from the side — tirelessly running, running and running — was inspired by Eadweard Muybridge’s pre-cinema moving pictures, those photographic studies of horses and humans, where activity was broken down into a series of stills for examination.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Scripps Research Current AI models may recognize still images, but a innovative new machine-learning model can process moving pictures like the human brain.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The idea of filming a figure from the side — tirelessly running, running and running — was inspired by Eadweard Muybridge’s pre-cinema moving pictures, those photographic studies of horses and humans, where activity was broken down into a series of stills for examination.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Scripps Research Current AI models may recognize still images, but a innovative new machine-learning model can process moving pictures like the human brain.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moving picture
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Featuring mid-scale buildable models of the most iconic Star Wars ships, including the Millennium Falcon and the Tantive IV, which holds the distinction of being the first ever starship to appear in a Star Wars movie.—
Paul Brett,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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Jim Carrey starred as The Grinch in a 2000 Ron Howard movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and the story was later adapted as an animation by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment as The Grinch in 2018.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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Recipients of the prizes, which honor lifetime achievement, contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences and service to the academy are selected by the film academy’s board of governors.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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One insider reports that real drivers, some of whom appear as themselves in the film, give the movie a thumbs up.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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In the original 1996 Happy Gilmore film, Adam Sandler’s title character learns to love the sub.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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However, this is the first and last time the food in this food documentary feels like the central focus.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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Much of the documentary explores Walters' insecurities, which plagued her despite her incredible accomplishments.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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“Moving picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20picture. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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