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moving picture

American  

moving picture British  

noun

  1. another name for motion picture

"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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For all the movie’s crisp attention to bifurcated lives, “The History of Sound” more aptly resembles a painstakingly dry still life than a moving picture.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

Kneading, waiting, rising and resting serve as metaphors for the healing of a father-daughter relationship in this gently moving picture book by a muralist who works with families impacted by incarceration.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

How many pupils each school can accommodate will be a daily moving picture as staff fall ill.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2020

At this point in his career, he apparently feels he has to push the boundaries of everything the moving picture format can do and be.

From The Verge Oct. 8, 2019

The moving picture on the front showed a curly-haired witch who was smiling toothily and pointing at a large sponge cake with her wand.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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