Thesaurus results for THEATERS

theaters

noun

variants or theatres

plural of theater

as in playhouses

a building or part of a building where movies are shown there's still one theater in town that shows independent films

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as in auditoriums

a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings the lecturer waited until the theater was full before beginning

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Recent Examples of theaters In 2013, a group wanted to build a 72,000-square-foot entertainment center there with movie theaters, bowling and laser tag. — Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026 One attack, on August 9, 1931, received massive publicity when two senior police detectives were murdered and three other people were injured outside the Babylon Cinema in Bulowplatz, one of the biggest movie theaters in Berlin. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026 There was a report that Amazon/MGM Studios chose to limit the number of theaters screening the movie because of all the controversy, with most locations showing the film only once a day. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 Japan’s network of independent arthouse venues, known locally as mini-theaters, is supported by experienced distributors of international cinema. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 Still, independent theaters often build their identities around the taste and reputations of the people running them. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026 Simultaneous plays in theaters after the VOD release are also possible, a company representative said. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 Think theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, restaurants, cafés, parks, and more. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026 The techniques were refined between the wars by the French, British, German, and Spanish armed forces, and during the Second World War, tens of thousands of casualties were flown across the European and Pacific theaters. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

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London had been ravaged by plague since the summer of 1592, with high mortality rates in the city and suburbs meaning the playhouses were closed for business for twenty of the following twenty-two months.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Collectors and parents began sending Hoban photos of their own childhood playhouses, helping identify rare models, missing accessories and even how certain sets originally looked.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of playhouses

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Meanwhile, long-running independent arthouse cinemas, known in Japan as mini-theaters, have been closing one after another, and the culture now survives mainly in Tokyo and other big cities.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Think theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, restaurants, cafés, parks, and more.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of cinemas

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No, Rome was not built in a day, but it was built at breathtaking speed, its temples, amphitheaters, and aqueducts rising with the help of a magical blend of volcanic ash and lime.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026
Live Nation agreed to let the Lumineers play in the amphitheaters, but only if I was not involved.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026