the silver screen
noun
old-fashioned
1
: a screen in a movie theater
one of the greatest films ever to hit the silver screen
2
: movies in general
stars of the silver screen
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Page’s craft, intuition, and talent for experimenting within a scene all make for a shattering performance, his first on the silver screen since coming out as trans.
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Amos Mac, Them, 7 Aug. 2024
There were a few advertisements from overseas with familiar faces from the silver screen.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 July 2024
Here are the genre's most notable getups that slayed the silver screen.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 June 2024
By Darren Franich, and Patrick Gomez Before the MCU assembled The Avengers in 2012, another Marvel Comics superteam had already gathered on the silver screen.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
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Amos Mac, Them, 7 Aug. 2024
There were a few advertisements from overseas with familiar faces from the silver screen.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 July 2024
Here are the genre's most notable getups that slayed the silver screen.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 June 2024
By Darren Franich, and Patrick Gomez Before the MCU assembled The Avengers in 2012, another Marvel Comics superteam had already gathered on the silver screen.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for the silver screen
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