animate
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Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
In 2017, she sold the company, pocketing about $12 million, but her vision continued to animate OneTaste.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
The “richest body of historically specific written evidence” concerning fears of the animate dead in the Middle Ages comes from 12th-century England.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
The static from the carpet gave them a shock, presumably, and it helped animate his monster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing animate
Speak Your Mind: Anim
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