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Noun
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Meanwhile the Sierra Madre Playhouse, built for the silents, has become the L.A. area’s newest performing arts center, where Wild Up will be in residence.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Dec. 2024 -
Boles started his Hollywood career in the silents, but became a big star in the talkies.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
5 Nov. 2024
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Expensive Lighting Systems Lighting is one of the best ways to highlight features of your home and improve curb appeal.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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The entry-level Basic package ($17 per month) includes custom domains, SEO tools, and additional design features.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The documentary challenges viewers to consider how female pain is often perceived or diminished.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
11 May 2025
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Three seasons’ worth of documentaries about them, in fact, with 21 episodes covering tasty variants like carnitas, birria, canasta, and guisado tacos.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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Levi’s Mid-Length Shorts Nothing says summer in the South like a pair of denim shorts.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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Style it with shorts and sandals during the day, or wear it with straight-leg jeans and kitten heels for a night out.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Director Dean Fleischer Camp’s family adventure feels like an excessively earnest Disney Channel movie compared with the delightfully unhinged 2002 cartoon.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Hollywood as a city where humans and cartoons uneasily coexist—most notably in the segregated Toontown.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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The film, which will release in theaters May 23, will feature Tom Cruise behind the wheel of a Jeep Wrangler 4xe, Stellantis said.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Affleck portrayed the Caped Crusader in multiple films, including 2017's Justice League.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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The formative years and parallel stories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two iconic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, are compellingly explored in this docudrama series.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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The filmmaker broke out with his 2023 docudrama BlackBerry, charting the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone, which premiered to critical raves at the Berlinale and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2023.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
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“Talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkie. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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