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Use "tent-pole" in a sentence
"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."