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big screen

British  

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

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” hit the big screen in 1975, with Susan Sarandon as Janet and Barry Bostwick as Brad.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

In 1989, Parton returned to the big screen in Herbert Ross’ “Steel Magnolias,” in which her straight-talking small-town salon owner, Truvy Jones, was the firm-hold hairspray uniting an unforgettable array of Southern belles.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Stylized blue butterfly logos decorated the podium, the big screen in the background, the pennants that waved in the slight breeze.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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