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talkie

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Definition of talkie

as in silent

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The team looked at 14 X-ray-silent supermassive black holes, finding that there is another way of considering this lack of emission.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
As of 2026, Savage has gone radio silent, a subject Doc Meets World wrestles with, knowing that ultimately, it cannot be fully understood.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

Definition of silent

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Duarte’s writing features detailed prose and a moving storyline, encompassing grief, healing, and the losses borne by a Latinx family in the name of American patriotism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Another endearing dining feature at the property is its honesty pantry containing drinks and snacks to go and a coffee station for early risers—guests can feel free to pad about any time of day or night.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of feature

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Wong starred in, scripted, directed, and produced her own documentary about her travels, an astonishing feat at a time when Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino were two of the very few female directors in Hollywood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
That’s where documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns studied his craft.

— Nora Oakes Howard, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of documentary

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Willock, meanwhile, has an alternative profile to any of the midfielders Newcastle have and, with no out-and-out No 10 necessarily present, he was deemed an asset, at least in the short-to-medium term.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
His directorial debut, a short called Invention 13, will premiere on September 26 at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of short

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But Buc-ee’s aggressive defense of its cartoon beaver logo represents an unusually bold effort to protect its brand identity.

— Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

— USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of cartoon

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It was overshadowed completely by the film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by my countryman Norman Jewison and released a few months after our film, to big crowds and grosses.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Hollywood’s leading studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), intended the film to be an important one; it had been allocated one of the largest budgets in cinematic history, two million dollars.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of film

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The audience gave a festival-best 22-minute standing ovation to the ticking-clock docudrama about efforts to save a 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed by the IDF.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Either way, the age of the football docudrama looks here to stay.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of docudrama

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There are also two DVDs that contain two hours and 30 minutes of concert footage, along with a new edit of the 1982 movie Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026
The film was famously dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, which developed and financed the project then walked away from distributing the movie after announcing a $50 billion partnership and investment that involved OpenAI.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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