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theatrical

[thee-a-tri-kuhl] / θiˈæ trɪ kəl /


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After a difficult last few years, Aron said he feels like the theatrical business has “finally turned a corner.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

There is always something theatrical about politics, especially in countries like Hungary, where memories of a glorious but irrecoverable past dominate the public imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Melies, a theatrical showman and magician, attended that screening and was inspired to make films of his own.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In a country accustomed to overheated rhetoric and theatrical pronouncements, Peruvians watch Velarde’s carefully-worded declarations, delivered in a calm baritone, most recently on the economic fallout from the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

As I followed the other kids out of the library and across the atrium, I could see that they had tried to re-create the circular theatrical seating of the Academy on a smaller scale.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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