as in movies
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 pictures
Each of them started in the early days of live-TV drama, eventually finding their way into the moving pictures.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 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
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moving pictures
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The White House interspersed video clips of its strikes in Iran with imagery from Nintendo’s Wii Sports in a post on March 12, and cut footage of the strikes with clips from various action movies and TV shows on March 5.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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But in a vacuum, those two movies are nothing alike, not even the same genre.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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Initially available in a 16mm version for motion pictures, Kodachrome formats for 35mm slides and 8mm home movies followed.—
Marcia Greenwood,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The guild’s annual show celebrates the work and accomplishments of producers and recognizing outstanding achievements in producing across various categories, including theatrical motion pictures, television, documentaries, animation, and emerging media.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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Laemmle officials said there are no plans to redevelop the site, and the theater will continue to focus on independent, foreign and arthouse films.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Moving pictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20pictures. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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