as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
in the 20th century moving pictures became an important form of artistic expression
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Recent Examples of moving picture
The idea of filming a figure from the side — tirelessly running, running and running — was inspired by Eadweard Muybridge’s pre-cinema moving pictures, those photographic studies of horses and humans, where activity was broken down into a series of stills for examination.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Scripps Research Current AI models may recognize still images, but a innovative new machine-learning model can process moving pictures like the human brain.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Clips not only conjure these same vivid memories, but also bring them to life in moving pictures.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Scripps Research Current AI models may recognize still images, but a innovative new machine-learning model can process moving pictures like the human brain.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Clips not only conjure these same vivid memories, but also bring them to life in moving pictures.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moving picture
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That it was made available free to anyone with an internet connection, via the CNN website, was a nice gesture to theater fans, Clooney stans and anyone interested to see how a movie about television translates into a play about television.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The over-all effect is like watching a movie that’s supposed to be set in the nineties and spotting a Tesla in the background.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Recipients of the prizes, which honor lifetime achievement, contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences and service to the academy are selected by the film academy’s board of governors.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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Hoppers Next up, Pixar will release a film called Hoppers in 2026.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 June 2025
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The film produced by Mubox Studio and Solita Films was among five projects developed as part of the prestigious ECAM film school’s La Incubadora program for up-and-coming Spanish writers, directors and producer teams.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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However, this is the first and last time the food in this food documentary feels like the central focus.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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Pollard said in the documentary his choosing KU was all about getting to play for Williams.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2025
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“Moving picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moving%20picture. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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