short subject

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Recent Examples of short subject Indeed, the Academy created a short subjects branch in 1941, back when short films preceded feature films in many theaters. Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko, received Annie nominations for best short subject. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024 Bowers was nominated for documentary (short subject) three years ago for co-directing A Concerto Is a Conversation, which centered on his conversations with his jazz pianist grandfather. Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023 Previously, Shine Global won an Academy Award for best documentary short subject with 2013’s coming-of-age film Inocente. Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for short subject 
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Noun
  • Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
  • To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 June 2022
Noun
  • The guild advised that Local 80, representing motion picture grips, crafts service, marine, first aid employees and warehouse workers has opened its Burbank stage as a relief shelter.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Qualifying for Best Picture eligibility According to the rules listed on the Academy’s website, motion pictures must be at least be lengthier than 40 minutes, and must have released in 35mm or 70mm running a minimum of three shows per day in theatres for seven consecutive days.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • He himself is represented in moving pictures as a conductor.
    Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Get the gent talking about the moving pictures in any way, shape or form, however, and the result always tends to fall between mind-expanding and mind-blowing.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
Noun
  • This is a cool feature of Bitcoin that was there from the beginning.
    Korok Ray, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Establishing new traditions by honoring old ones has become a notable feature of Loewe’s Chinese New Year campaign.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Numerous other features and shorts are also on view.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Shorts Denim shorts began as a men’s trend in 2023 and became a full-fledge ‘It’ item for women last summer.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Trump's eldest son landed in Nuuk on Tuesday and spent the day handing out red caps, filming a documentary and speaking to residents.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
  • There is probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for why Amazon is reportedly paying $40 million for the rights to a documentary about Melania Trump.
    Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The other subservient billionaires in the cartoon include Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the LA Times.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, said the cartoon was rejected because the section had published a column on the same subject and had already scheduled another one for publication.
    Nico Grant, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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