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moving picture

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Definition of moving picture

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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 Choose a few from each category and your garden will keep working through the hottest stretch of the year — with the bonus of pollinators that turn the whole thing into a moving picture. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 The Polk Theatre, an ornate 1928 Italianate venue, has been screening films in Lakeland’s downtown square since before moving pictures had sound. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025 From the very birth of the moving picture in the late 19th century, the revolutionary medium has had an inherent fascination with its own creation. — Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 The idea of 24 frames a second, something that is hard to grasp, but in this sequence, in this flow, becomes a seamless moving picture is juxtaposed with with this gas inside of this tube which becomes an eternal glow. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for moving picture

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The biggest names in movies, music, fashion and beyond pulled out their sartorial best for the annual fundraiser that celebrates cinematic achievement and raises money for the museum.

— Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2026
None offered particularly impressive image quality in our standard tests using movies on disc, but most were within what most people will consider an acceptable range.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026

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Slater brings more than two decades of experience across film financing, producing, content rights, and worldwide distribution, with his 150 motion picture credits including recent productions The Optimist, Bella, and Lunar Colony.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
After a long, two-decade rise at the studio, Mancuso was, by 1983, president of Paramount’s motion picture division under company chairman Diller and president Eisner.

— Richard Natale, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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The nearly six-minute film shows how the team combines precision machining, assembly, and repair to accelerate robot development.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Dyrholm’s casting in Incidents of Intimacy marks a homecoming for the Danish actress who was part of the ensemble cast in Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes Jury Prize winner The Celebration, the first film to be made under the original manifesto.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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The next documentary in Netflix‘s excellent Untold film series will zone in on Love, who scammed women out of money while posing as a wideout with the San Francisco 49ers, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The off-beat documentary about… well, the title says it all, has crossed the $2 million mark 25 days into its run.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

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