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motion picture

[moh-shuhn pik-cher] / ˈmoʊ ʃən ˈpɪk tʃər /


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Celebrities packed a subsequent screening at the motion picture academy’s museum in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

That’s one reason the U.S. motion picture and video industry has lost 106,300 jobs over the last four years, 63,400 of them since the beginning of the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Together,” Mr. Doherty notes, “the film inventory and the expert commentary created the archival documentary, the motion picture genre that preserves and rewinds our history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

What we’re likely to be left with is an adaptation that hits all of the beats of the hundreds of motion picture takes on the story with all of their charms and idiosyncrasies smoothed away.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

I don’t believe that motion picture cameras ever have filmed a human spectacle mote colorful than my eyes took in.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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