as in theaters
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens
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theaters
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Riding and Bamford also display models of what else transfixed that public—magic lanterns, toy theaters, and so on.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026 -
Second Nature will be playing in theaters in Los Angeles on May 24 and in New York City on June 26.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Playhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playhouses. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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