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animate

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




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These insights animate Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation,” in which the psychologist argues that children, like trees, are antifragile.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 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

Racial equity and climate change used to animate the movement.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Woe unto those who fail to entertain, animate or amuse.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

We needed to animate the trends and test them against real experience, to supply characters and narrative.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

“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

The military is perennially short on pilots, and what animates most young men and women to sign up certainly isn’t the pay or the itinerant lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

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

One animated series that had made its way through development, “Pearl,” was ultimately canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The comedian-actor is developing a film about the animated icon and will star as the doe-eyed flapper.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

It is the most-watched original title in Netflix history and won best animated film and best original song for Golden at the 2026 Golden Globes and Oscars.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

John Stewart’s legend fared better in the animated “Justice League” and “Justice League Unlimited” series, which established him as a favorite among newcomers to the franchise.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

But the voices outside my window have grown animated.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

The search for connection is an animating desire throughout “Kafkaesque.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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

Popular rule became the animating spirit of 1776, and it remains the reason why “Common Sense” still matters.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2026

The artificial life force animating them seemed to fail if pressed too far...at least in some of them.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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