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as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center
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as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie
learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film
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as in to videotape
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Recent Examples of film
Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The actor continued to film projects in Austin, starring in the 2005 Robert Rodriguez film Sin City as the villainous character Stuka.
—Kat Stinson, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Applegate was diagnosed with the neurological disease in 2021 while filming the final season of her Netflix show Dead to Me.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Cheshire hopes the film, which was directed by Gina LeVay and screened April 7 as part of the ReelAbilities NY Film Festival, inspires audiences from any walk of life.
—Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The actor continued to film projects in Austin, starring in the 2005 Robert Rodriguez film Sin City as the villainous character Stuka.
—Kat Stinson, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
O'Connell also shared a wild memory from his days filming Angelina Jolie's 2014 war drama, Unbroken.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Applegate was diagnosed with the neurological disease in 2021 while filming the final season of her Netflix show Dead to Me.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for film
Noun
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Talkies—movies with synchronized sound, introduced in the late nineteen-twenties—were a setback.—
David Owen,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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His family retained their love for Italian culture, and Bergoglio grew up listening to opera and watching every Italian movie that came to town.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Academy also issued its first formal guidance on AI in filmmaking.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Screenwriters, who were treated by the front office as the disposable help, got a measure of revenge by portraying their employers as idiots or vulgarians whose sole role in filmmaking was to write the checks and gum up the works.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The police videotaped Reggie's interview with a police detective while his father sat next to him.—
Paul LaRosa,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Crystal’s hilarious opening film starts with him illicitly videotaping in a movie theater.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The episode calls to mind a similar controversy from more than 30 years ago involving PBS and POV, when a documentary short called Stop the Church was abruptly dropped from the network’s programming two weeks before its scheduled broadcast in the summer of 1991.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
18 Apr. 2025
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Plus, from documentaries to a comedy, here's what else is on this week.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Cannes Film Festival expects robust attendance — especially compared to the strike and pandemic editions — as the Côte d’Azur’s main of event of cinema is once again the starting point of awards season.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Among its proposals are additional tax incentives to benefit independent films, support for independent cinemas, and the streaming tax.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Precipitation of gadolinium from magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents may be the Brass tacks of toxicity.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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The crewmates also attempted to grow mushrooms in space and have allowed their brains to be mapped and imaged for science.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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