the movies
plural noun
chiefly US
1
: a showing of a movie in a theater
We are going to the movies tonight.
also
: a movie theater
What's (playing/showing) at the movies?
2
: the business of making movies : the film industry
He wants to work in the movies.
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Still, as much as these characters may perpetuate their own pain, the movies aren’t seeking to condemn their choices.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Cinema operators need patrons to gorge on film offerings to salvage a lackluster year at the movies.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
That mission, of course, runs parallel to Erice’s own—to discover if, more than half a century after his first feature, the movies still have a place for him.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
Think of a routine like basic training as depicted in the movies: Marching, running, calisthenics, shining shoes, shaving heads.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Cinema operators need patrons to gorge on film offerings to salvage a lackluster year at the movies.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
That mission, of course, runs parallel to Erice’s own—to discover if, more than half a century after his first feature, the movies still have a place for him.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
Think of a routine like basic training as depicted in the movies: Marching, running, calisthenics, shining shoes, shaving heads.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
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“The movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20movies. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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