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animate

[an-uh-mayt, an-uh-mit] / ˈæn əˌmeɪt, ˈæn ə mɪt /




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Another used A.I. to animate a photo of Walters, the digital replica lamenting his sentence of “death by incarceration.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

They just needed to submit photographs of themselves and their loved ones, and AI would then animate the material following specific prompts.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

The show, a touring tutorial he created and performs solo, allows Page the opportunity to animate with barnstorming crackle a rogue’s gallery of Shakespearean scoundrels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026

But, to her surprise, his face, awake and animate, conveyed none of the brutality that had been her first impression.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

And as we freely use the images and texts these systems offer us, what fate awaits the difficult but rewarding self-exploration that animates artistic creation?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

The same logic animates the administration’s posture toward the Western Hemisphere.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Much has been written about right-wing women and what animates them.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025

This entire episode took me from fear to a rage that burned in me then, animates me now, and will likely leave me on fire for the rest of my days.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“We can continue to make and develop and release these edgier, older-skewing animated films while also playing the hits with franchises and sequels and prequels and spin-offs. Audiences want both things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The stop-motion fantasy is the studio’s first film rated above PG, and much of the industry is watching to see whether a darker, more mature animated feature can find an audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

There was, thankfully, some more animated action elsewhere in Friday's episode.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The company has produced, among others, the series "Big Little Lies," "The Morning Show," and "Little Fires Everywhere," as well as animated series and podcasts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But despite his mien of seriousness and inapproachability, Bronstein was friendly, animated, and liked by virtually all the other players, owing to his cordiality, immense knowledge of the game, and a certain intellectual eccentricity.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

But a new analysis shared first with Votebeat suggests that, six years later, the issue may be losing some of its animating power for candidates.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

That animating spirit courses through “Celtic Art Across the Ages,” a nearly 300-object survey of jewelry, armor, chariot fittings, manuscripts, vessels, coins, carvings and textiles at the Harvard Art Museums, its sole venue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

It is about much more profound questions of Britain's sovereignty, economy and place in the world which have been animating our politics for more than a decade now.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Democracy demands allegiance to ideals of human dignity and political equality, the protection of which is its animating purpose.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

He turned his face to me, flames animating the shadows that fell there under his eyes, along his cheekbones.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline


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