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still frame

British  

noun

  1. continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal

"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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Even if you only ever see a still frame, the effort Majors has put into looking the part is a testimony to his discipline.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

Memories of that era, and the defining vote that ended it in 1994, still frame much of everyday South Africa.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

Even as bills reach further, many lawmakers still frame their arguments around children.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2023

There’s not much you can do in the way of editing files — you can trim them or grab a still frame — so they’ll need to be exported for anything more than that.

From The Verge Jul. 17, 2021

Their hands still frame A thunderbolt unfinished, such as Jove Rains thickly from his armouries above, Tipt with twelve barbs and never known to fail.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

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