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Recent Examples of nickelodeon
The decor includes an old-fashioned nickelodeon as well as a bathroom with Art Deco design.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Budget-friendly movie houses known as nickelodeons became a favorite attraction for urban dwellers in the first two decades of the 20th century.
—Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
After the wildcat ways of the nickelodeon period gave way to the assembly line machinery of the studio system, stunt people — out of a sense of professionalism not to say self-preservation — embraced their vocation as serious business.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
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
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Budget-friendly movie houses known as nickelodeons became a favorite attraction for urban dwellers in the first two decades of the 20th century.
—Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
After the wildcat ways of the nickelodeon period gave way to the assembly line machinery of the studio system, stunt people — out of a sense of professionalism not to say self-preservation — embraced their vocation as serious business.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickelodeon
Noun
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His departure at the end of the year will end his 18-year tenure at the playhouse.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Dec. 2025
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Sagan renovated and reopened the Harper Theater in Hyde Park as a playhouse and a dance and music venue in 1964, according to the Chicago Public Library.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The cinema’s first day back open will begin with a musical performance and opening remarks from the La Clef Collective, the group running the cinema’s operations, before the opening screening.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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The liberation of time is central to modern cinema, because, once a movie is acknowledged as a work of first-person art as much as a book is, subjectivity itself becomes its overarching subject.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rudd's latest project, the comedy Anaconda, which costars Jack Black, is now in theaters.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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Jade Catta-Preta Jade Catta-Preta pivoted from a career in theater to a career in comedy.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Nickelodeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nickelodeon. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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