moving picture

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McAllan, who appeared in place of Swinney, said each new proposal "needs to be considered against climate compatibility, which remains an obligation, and energy security, which is a moving picture".

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

If we run our eyes up and down the contact sheets from the shoot, our minds can construct a moving picture of Björk as artist and muse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

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

Motion pictures were to be the artwork of the future, a technological breakthrough that stuttered into life just after his death, the first ever moving picture, Louis Le Prince’s Roundhay Garden Scene, dating from 1888.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall