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big screen

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noun

  1. an informal name for the cinema

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Suddenly, it was game on—and not the one playing on the bar’s big screen TV.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Audiences will be subject to more AI content on the big screen that’s indistinguishable from real human performances.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

“It Ends,” the bold and breathtaking feature debut from writer-director Alexander Ullom, travels a similar trajectory, both in the context of the film itself and its intrepid journey to the big screen.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

McMenamin said he never imagined Skintown would be turned into a film and was proud to put his hometown and the essence of it on the big screen.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Agent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock ticking behind his bewigged head.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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