Thesaurus results for SHORT SUBJECT

short subject

noun

Definition of short subject

as in animated cartoon

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Recent Examples of short subject The film was nominated in the best short subject category, but lost to Snow Bear. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026 The festival begins Friday and continues through Saturday with more than a dozen film selections, both full features and short subjects. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026 Full Frame is a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025 Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers. — Cory Stillman, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for short subject

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Noun

Scott Stuber’s United Artists has acquired the rights to the 1982 motion picture The Executioner’s Song and set Oscar nominee Jacob Elordi to produce and star in the pic.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Under the new structure, motion picture lit and talent will operate as a unified Motion Picture division.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of motion picture

Noun

Or if the weather fails to cooperate, a moving picture show may be in order.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
Many of the stories, interviews and analyses Jake Tapper presents to his followers on CNN rely heavily on moving pictures, courtesy of his employer.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of moving picture

Noun

Mobile service vehicles for the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office feature jumbo images of Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez, a Republican who was also elected in 2024.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
That leaves a temporary distinction between ChatGPT’s standard voice conversations and its interactive visual features.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of feature

Noun

Two pics that won competitive jury awards at this year’s fest — documentary short Buried Under Years of Dust and the digital series Matched — also won Audience Awards.

— Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
In the short, a group of refugees from a post-apocalyptic Earth search for a new planet to call home.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of short

Noun

Evelyn’s life and journey out of the Followers is the subject of a story and documentary published by The Oregonian/OregonLive and ProPublica.

— Noelle Crombie, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026
The allegations against Walliams appear in a long-form article in The Guardian as well as in an hour-long news documentary on the British news channel ITV.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of documentary

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