shooting scripts

noun

plural of shooting script
as in scenarios

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  1. scenarios
  2. scripts
  3. screenplays
  4. texts
Noun
  • Advertisement As for the future, the doctor laid out a few scenarios.
    — Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Axios reported that executives at OpenAI and Anthropic had privately begun gaming out scenarios for handling the political and public backlash if AI causes some kind of catastrophic incident.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of scenarios
Noun
  • Terminal commands can download software, change system settings and execute scripts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • There were screenplays being written; Paul [Downs Colaizzo] wrote one of the best scripts for it.
    — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of scripts
Noun
  • The High Noon adaptation was written by Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplays for films including Forrest Gump, The Insider, Munich and Dune.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There were screenplays being written; Paul [Downs Colaizzo] wrote one of the best scripts for it.
    — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of screenplays
Noun
  • As with robocall and texts, this only applies to that campaign or organization.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Sierra even exchanged flirty texts with another woman days after the bodies were found.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of texts
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