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running time

noun

  1. Movies.the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film.

    The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of running time1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

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Maybe on her third film, Song will tell us what she really thinks for the full running time.

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Yet, he’s also stubbornly himself and we spend the running time toggling between being scared for him and being scared of him.

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Trương doesn’t offer his film’s title card until halfway into its running time.

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But these scenes are short and goofy and forgivable since they don’t take up too much running time.

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Irreverent and relentlessly entertaining, it boasts more imagination in a single number than most musicals manage in their entire running time.

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