as in theatres
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens
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theaters
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Mirai outshines new Hindi releases Karthik Gattamneni’s Mirai scored significantly better than all the Hindi films currently in theatres - including two fresh releases that released with the Telugu film.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Though Minecraft already accounted for about one or two percent of the monthly total game play time across Xbox, PlayStation and Steam from January to March 2025, its MAUs still jumped 30 percent with April’s release of A Minecraft Movie in theaters.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Playhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playhouses. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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