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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A lot of fun, very comedic movie.—
Charles Infosino,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the Dick Wolf drama, Flueger is also known for his appearances on the other Chicago universe shows, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, but also for movies such as Brothers, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, and Natalie Portman, and the 2011 version of Footloose.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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One sees admirable narrative drive in writers like Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Joseph Conrad, who did their work without the benefit of motion pictures, and as a result don’t have the same clarity of vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fitzpatrick branched out into film, appearing in fifteen major motion pictures, among them Married to the Mob, Philadelphia, The Fugitive, and Mad Dog and Glory.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Oct. 2025
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These are Logan Paulsen and his wife Kelly’s rescue dogs, all different ages and sizes, all at the door of their comfortable northern Virginia home to greet his students for another day of film study and training.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s no telling how expensive the wardrobe budget is on the film, but this lookalike style is just $30 right now.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The way to view Olympia is to sample it after watching the new documentary Riefenstahl, directed by Andres Veiel, a film that is genuinely impossible to turn off or away from.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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The full event will be streamed live on Fox Nation, followed by the premiere of a documentary series on November 7 featuring behind-the-scenes footage with Kirk.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Moving picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20picture. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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