Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the poles used in pitching a tent.
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- noun Alternative form of
tentpole .
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Examples
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"In the ever-changing media landscape, tent-pole television events like the Academy Awards are more and more rare," Mr. Sherak said in a statement.
ABC to Carry Oscars Through 2020 Sam Schechner 2011
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It's something that the summer "tent-pole" movies of Hollywood seem to lack more and more.
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Another tent-pole ABC drama, "Grey's Anatomy," is entering its eighth season.
Shorts 2011
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These films -- like the James Bond films and just about any tent-pole series out there -- are built around running and gunning, however.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Marshall Fine 2011
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Another tent-pole ABC drama, "Grey's Anatomy," is entering its eighth season.
ABC Places Bets as 'Desperate Housewives' Comes to an End Amy Chozick 2011
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Drive-ins, once dumping grounds for second-run films and independent exploitation fare, are now a part of major studio tent-pole release strategies, where expensively made and advertised films live and die by their opening-weekend numbers.
Drive-Ins Hang Tough in Digital Age Bruce Bennett 2011
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Well, it is the most culturally diverse tent-pole movie ever made.
M. Night Shyamalan Responds to Last Airbender Race Issues | /Film 2010
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It sounds like an interesting idea in principal, but I don't know how much of it will come across in an in-continuity project set in the modern day and intended to serve as the tent-pole of DC's Batman line.
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To author and University of Texas film professor Tom Schatz, the fact that so many Best Picture Oscars have gone to smaller films in recent years reveals a disconnect between the tent-pole pictures Hollywood makes to stay solvent and the specialty films that, though artistically worthy, don't turn huge profits.
Academy Awards: And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to reward . . . just what? 2011
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You know a tent-pole movie series is in trouble when it has to explain its title in its dialogue.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Marshall Fine 2011
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