shooting scripts

noun

plural of shooting script
as in scenarios

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  1. scenarios
  2. scripts
  3. screenplays
  4. texts
Noun
  • The analysis included regional differences in electricity generation and battery demand using International Energy Agency scenarios.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The report models several emissions scenarios and calls its worst case unlikely.
    — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of scenarios
Noun
  • Zion also enjoys technology and is especially proud of his skills with coding and creating computer scripts.
    — The Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • To be fair, the fault here lies equally with the scripts, which dump information without first creating suspense.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of scripts
Noun
  • The effort responds to years of training from those models on screenplays without explicit permission, which has sparked questions over the legality of using those scripts without permission.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The movie is fatally twee, a quality entirely antithetical to Ishiguro’s exquisite writing — that applies both to the Japanese British author’s fiction and his screenplays, like 2022’s English-language Kurosawa remake, Living.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of screenplays
Noun
  • Escola is pulling from Muppet ephemera as much as the main filmic texts.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The pro-wealth-tax campaign is sending voters emails and texts and has an online presence.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
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