moving picture
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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
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
An economy, after all, is not a snapshot frozen in time, but a moving picture.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 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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