How to Use Sumerian in a Sentence

Sumerian

noun
  • Sumerian is one of a handful of new domestic players to have emerged in the past 12 months.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Thank you so much to Sumerian Pictures for their support and my producing team and our partners.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sumerian’s primary business is in the music space, publishing genres like rock and metal.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Their first demo earned the attention of underground metal label Sumerian, which signed the band and put them on the road with other acts on the label.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Avildsen founded Sumerian Records twenty years ago, aged only 24, from his Venice Beach apartment.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Within many of the pieces are his grid-like codes, sculpted into nonsensical slashes and symbols that evoke the ancient writings of Mesopotamian and Sumerian cuneiform.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
  • Journey Ash Avildsen (courtesy) & Rob Williams Sumerian is better known as a music company.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The proto-interactive 1960s project The Sumerian Game allowed users to make choices in an ancient setting that a system could then react to and incorporate.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Rob Williams, the veteran film executive who spent a decade at the now defunct Participant Media, has been named president of content strategy at Sumerian Pictures.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • To many people’s surprise, Sumerian, a newcomer to those lofty acquisition heights, had come out on top in a deal that was announced two weeks later during the Berlin Film Festival, where the movie had its international premiere.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Although kept alive in scholarly settings, much like Latin was in medieval Europe, Sumerian was no longer spoken in ancient Mesopotamia after about 2000 BCE.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The film business may be in freefall, beset by box office struggles and corporate consolidation that’s left Hollywood with fewer studios, but more than a half-dozen distributors like Sumerian have debuted in the past two years, hoping to take advantage of all the upheaval.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Williams negotiated the Mile End Kicks acquisition on behalf of Sumerian Pictures with Pip Ngo at XYZ Films.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sumerian is planning a North American theatrical release later this year for Louis Paxton’s debut, which won the NEXT Innovator Award in Park City.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Sumerian’s Rob Williams negotiated the acquisition on behalf of Sumerian Pictures with CAA Media Finance, Verve Ventures and Carole Baraton of Charades on behalf of the filmmakers.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But there were also few domestic pick-ups, including of Sundance hit Josephine, a psychological family drama starring Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan and newcomer Mason Reeves, which new domestic distributor Sumerian Pictures acquired in a competitive seven-figure deal.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Sumerian Pictures has followed up its splashy acquisition of Sundance hit Josephine with another film from the festival in the shape of off-beat comedy The Incomer, starring Domhnall Gleeson (Ex-Machina) and Gayle Rankin (House Of The Dragon).
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026

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