"first-run" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "Film",
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      "glosses": [
        "made available for public screening for the first time"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a film) made available for public screening for the first time"
      ],
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        "of a film"
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          "ref": "2013 June 6, “How Movies Used to Be Released Part I -- Roadshow Releases & First Run Theaters”, in Richard Rothrock, archived from the original on 03 May 2025:",
          "text": "How long a movie stayed in the First Run theaters depended entirely on how big a hit it was. [...] If a movie was not a hit, it most often left the first run theater after two weeks and disappeared seemingly forever.",
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        "screening first-run films"
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        "(of a movie theatre) screening first-run films"
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        "of a movie theatre"
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          "name": "Radio",
          "orig": "en:Radio",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Television",
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          "ref": "2019 January 15, Knight, Rosie, “‘You,’ a Dud for Lifetime, Has Become Netflix’s Latest Water-Cooler Hit”, in The Hollywood Reporter:",
          "text": "[...] Netflix swooped in to take first-run rights to season two mere weeks before the streaming giant had any idea how the series would perform on its platform.",
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      "glosses": [
        "broadcast or streamed for the first time on any broadcast or streaming service (including films that are previously released theatrically)"
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          "radio",
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        [
          "broadcast",
          "broadcast"
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        [
          "streamed",
          "streamed"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a television or radio program) broadcast or streamed for the first time on any broadcast or streaming service (including films that are previously released theatrically)"
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        "of a television or radio program"
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "first-run"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "made available for public screening for the first time"
      ],
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        "(of a film) made available for public screening for the first time"
      ],
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          "text": "How long a movie stayed in the First Run theaters depended entirely on how big a hit it was. [...] If a movie was not a hit, it most often left the first run theater after two weeks and disappeared seemingly forever.",
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        }
      ],
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        "screening first-run films"
      ],
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        "(of a movie theatre) screening first-run films"
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          "text": "[...] Netflix swooped in to take first-run rights to season two mere weeks before the streaming giant had any idea how the series would perform on its platform.",
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        }
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        "of a television or radio program"
      ],
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