shooting script

noun

Definition of shooting scriptnext
as in scenario

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Recent Examples of shooting script The shooting script ended with the Cygnus entering the black hole, but offered no instruction on what was to happen next. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026 The biggest challenge of shaving Kanon’s nearly 500-page tome down into a manageable shooting script (the final runtime is just under two hours) was trying to keep the subject matter accessible to a wide demographic. — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 With a handful of foundational elements in hand from Reddick’s story, Morgan and Wong started working on the shooting script. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025 In the shooting script, there’s nothing in the character’s description pegging him as a Baldoni avatar (no man-bun, for instance). — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shooting script
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  1. scenario
  2. script
  3. screenplay
  4. text
Noun
  • That’s the scenario involving Inglewood football coach Mil’von James, who missed two games after the Southern Section alerted the school that James played two ineligible players during a game in Texas last month.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The allied soldiers performed well in a scenario that mimicked previous conflicts with limited air threats, but their systems were not designed for the large drone swarms of modern combat.
    — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • The auction features Pee-wee’s iconic gray suit and other costumes, red Schwinn bicycles, dolls, puppets, claymation figures, scripts and more.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Universal has been moving at pace on the sequel and has a script by returning scribe David Koepp.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • McGuane had remunerative dalliances with ’70s Hollywood, selling screenplays and hobnobbing with the inebriate tranche of the A-list.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • King also penned the screenplay for the coming-of-age film Now & Then.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • The pact's full text has not been released, and its command and operational structures are still being developed.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Be careful with links arriving through unexpected texts or emails.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
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