as in film
the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
People pass in front of big screen during the speech of US President Donald Trump on January 26, 2018 at the Davos Congress Centre (C), the venue of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in the town of Davos, eastern Switzerland.
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April Roach, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
They were presented on a big screen in the auditorium of the high school in my Northern California town.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Netflix operates and books big screen classic venues The Paris in NYC and the American Cinematheque Egyptian Theatre in LA.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Whenever Maher’s face was beamed onto the stadium’s big screen, huge cheers erupted from the thousands gathered in the Dolman Stand and South Stand.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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April Roach, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
They were presented on a big screen in the auditorium of the high school in my Northern California town.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Netflix operates and books big screen classic venues The Paris in NYC and the American Cinematheque Egyptian Theatre in LA.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Whenever Maher’s face was beamed onto the stadium’s big screen, huge cheers erupted from the thousands gathered in the Dolman Stand and South Stand.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
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The original film ended with Daniel crane-kicking bully Johnny in the face and winning the All Valley Karate Tournament.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Searchlight released the film at Christmas domestically and has since passed $100 million at the global box office.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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Jean-Baptiste, 57, reunites with director Mike Leigh for Hard Truths, 28 years after their movie Secrets & Lies that nabbed her an Oscar nomination.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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How might that decision influence the fashion choices of the television and movie stars in attendance?—
The Styles Desk,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The way to address this, the possibilities to really make this work for us in life needed a representation in filmmaking.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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Blood Test by Charles Baxter Andrew Katzenstein The Impressionist Over more than fifty years of documentary filmmaking, Frederick Wiseman has made an art of withholding judgment and showing people figuring things out on their own.—
James Gleick,
The New York Review of Books,
7 Feb. 2025
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While there’s not a specific formula for what makes a silver screen featured city a tourist boom town, destinations looking to leverage interest from TV shows and movies should enhance the dialogue with movie productions and consider targeted branding operations, Soligo says.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, which includes the role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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