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animate

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




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The interplay between them lacks the razor sharpness that should animate their scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

In “Grass Breathing,” Mendieta, hidden beneath squares of sod, uses her own respiration to animate the earth above.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Images from the day animate themselves, jumbling in my vision.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

“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

AI companies' "hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products -- a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale," said A.G.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

It is the question at the heart of that novel that animates Ms. Popova’s own work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

That core truth animates the centuries-old English tradition of equity, which developed as a system to do justice when courts of law weren’t up to the task.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 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

While most of his career was spent onstage, you’ll find his name in the credits of many films and shows and hear his baritone in a slew of video games and animated work.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

And he was the voice of a small character in the animated film of Richard Adams' novel The Plague Dogs.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Then came the Inside Out juggernaut, an exploration of the human emotional landscape whose sequel became the highest-grossing animated film of all time upon its release in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Audiences for animated movies are proving to be more diverse than the industry expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ms. Campbell moved off to the side, still speaking into her phone with animated flair.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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

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

We can tell that some animating spirit has left a body; we can see the corporeal before and after.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

Instead, I sank my energy into being the sole animating force in my little common-area universe.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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