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• plural of special effect.

special effects

British  

plural noun

1. films techniques used in the production of scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques

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His singular belief in his skills, that the special effects were the movie, made sense given how personally he took his work.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

This spawned a series of comical situations, much slapstick and the use of fairly primitive special effects, mainly sped-up film.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Universal placed speakers on the old special effects and stunt buildings to see how ride screams traveled down the hill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The British-American director, who once again makes use of spectacular special effects in "The Odyssey", added that he expected AI to result in some useful "imaging tools".

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

I’m not talking about their contribution to the world of special effects.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris