moving picture
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And if you’ve been on backlots or know people who work in the film and television industries, the magic of the moving picture may already be demystified.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
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
There is a strong resemblance between the promises of resurrection via VR and the rhetoric that heralded the invention of other once-new technologies like the moving picture.
From Slate • May 27, 2020
How many pupils each school can accommodate will be a daily moving picture as staff fall ill.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2020
The result of the moving picture was that the surgeons involved managed to reduce their ether time by fifteen per cent.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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