matinee
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Producers then announced the Wednesday evening and Thursday matinee were off but have now confirmed the entire rest of the run has been cancelled.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
I remember that the BBC, particularly on weekends, would have matinee screenings of movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Going to a matinee is like a vacation.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
Most operagoers before a recent matinee of Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” were looking forward to escaping the madness of a global sporting spectacle for the next 5½ hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
For a second, I was tempted to tell her to forget about the matinee.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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