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camera

[kam-er-uh, kam-ruh] / ˈkæm ər ə, ˈkæm rə /
NOUN
photographic equipment
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The camera can cut instantly between short scenes, while actors, sets and props take time to shuffle on and off the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I had the Crypt Keeper mounted to the front of the camera dolly and pulled him through the crypt so he’d appear as if he was dancing along with everybody else.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

As the camera pans out, we eventually see that Holmes is sitting in the room with him.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

But even better news for Amazon's All or Nothing camera crews, who have been given "unprecedented" access to document the behind-the-scenes goings-on at Old Trafford this season.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Before I could second-guess myself, I’d grabbed ahold of the camera and given it a hard twist.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Two questions of topography arise here, the position of the Garden and that of the chambers, or "camerae."

From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Ernest Harold Pearce

Apparently he returned to court life in England, and to the duties of valettus camerae regis.

From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow

Some light is thrown upon these camerae by the inventories of medieval nunneries.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

They were servi camerae, serfs of the state, and as such had to pay oppressive taxes.

From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by S. M. (Simon Markovich) Dubnow

Under the circumstances, if Chaucer ever was a "vallettus camerae Regis," we should expect him to have been so called more than once.

From Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert


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