(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
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A ~ is a person whose job is to produce plays, films, programmes, or CDs.
Vanya Kewley is a freelance film ~.
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A ~ of a food or material is a company or country that grows or manufactures a large amount of it.
...Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading oil ~.
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