Definition of "tent-pole" [tent-pole]

• Alternative form of tentpole. (noun)

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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."
• "Well, it is the most culturally diverse tent-pole movie ever made."
• "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."