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Recent Examples of nickelodeon
As nickelodeons popped up in nearly every town, demand for films skyrocketed, and audiences were eager for new content.
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Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
From its earliest days, the studio built by four brothers (Harry, Sam, Albert and Jack) who ran nickelodeons and silent movie theaters in Pennsylvania and Ohio has had a distinct profile to its storytelling and an ethos on how to wield its influence.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
In rural areas and smaller cities, nickelodeons and storefront theaters took off.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
The brothers quickly found a former New Castle nickelodeon spacious enough to show films.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
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Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
From its earliest days, the studio built by four brothers (Harry, Sam, Albert and Jack) who ran nickelodeons and silent movie theaters in Pennsylvania and Ohio has had a distinct profile to its storytelling and an ethos on how to wield its influence.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
In rural areas and smaller cities, nickelodeons and storefront theaters took off.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
The brothers quickly found a former New Castle nickelodeon spacious enough to show films.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickelodeon
Noun
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The new playhouse would be managed and programmed by GableStage, an award-winning small company that now operates at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables and would be renamed GroveStage.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Somewhat counterintuitively, since the show plays into a lot of very old Irish storytelling stereotypes, the playhouse and director Danielle Paccione have cast performers who are all in their 20s or 30s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Étoile doesn’t just make that argument, in guest appearances by artists who bridge high and low, like David Byrne, and shouting out the brilliant documentarian Frederick Wiseman in a scene set at the Manhattan cinema mecca Film Forum.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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First as Jacques Demy’s Madonna figure in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), then in films by Truffaut, Polanski, and Buñuel, then during her stint in Hollywood and her later career as Andre Téchiné’s muse and inspiration to Millennial newcomers, Deneuve embodies a leftist French cinema ideal.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Nickelodeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nickelodeon. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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