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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
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Our task, in all these cases, is to film the settlers and call the army and police.
—Sam Fleischacker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Red is a key color in the film — as in all his films.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Bayat will consult with a couple on social media trends, then film short videos and post in real time on the bride’s or groom’s social media accounts.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Our task, in all these cases, is to film the settlers and call the army and police.
—Sam Fleischacker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
The true-crime film, which came to Netflix in September 2025, stars Dascha Polanco as Borges, Johnathan Sousa as Morais and Alessio Andrada as Ryan.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Red is a key color in the film — as in all his films.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for film
Noun
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Zuckerberg also announced Horizon TV, pitching it as a way to watch television shows, sporting events and movies using the company's Quest VR headsets.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But make no mistake, this odyssey through hell and not back (virtually the entire film gets framed around that purgatory-like walking contest) is an artistic and gutsy triumph of filmmaking.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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After reminiscing about how Norton had his nose broken during filming after his costar Barry Pepper accidentally punched him in the face during what was meant to be a choreographed fight scene, the actor turned to Lee and asked how his filmmaking had changed in the decades since the film.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Sep. 2025
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After the attack, he was videotaped sitting cross-legged on the sidewalk, covered in blood and holding the golf club in one hand.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Immigrant rights groups criticized his administration when armed Border Patrol officers on horseback were videotaped chasing Haitian migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border.—
Kevin Johnson,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
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Apatow is now making a documentary about Brooks, while also developing films about Norm Macdonald and Maria Bamford.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Although Jon Cryer recently appeared in Charlie Sheen‘s documentary, the former onscreen brothers appear to have lost touch off-screen.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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About a hundred people packed into the museum’s private cinema to hear the results—five winners out of some ten thousand entries—while munching popcorn from little striped cartons.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The committee said in a statement that the film’s inclusion underscores Indonesian cinema’s growing ambition to strengthen its presence on the global stage.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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But now, using Willow, Google’s 58-qubit quantum processor, the team imaged the new phase’s behavior and developed an interferometric algorithm to probe its topological structure.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some of the brightest stars in our sky look great when imaged with a smart telescope.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Film.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/film. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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