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animate

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




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Under his own studio, he became best known for the dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” using computer generation to animate the prehistoric creatures.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 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

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

“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

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

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

From Slate Jun. 30, 2025

What animates Volpe is creating moments for his kids to figure it out for themselves.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

"Coyote vs Acme" took fifth place, with Will Forte and an animated Wile E. Coyote snaring another $5.6 million for Falling Forward Films.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

The adults would engage in animated conversation, usually about current events, while we, the dozen or so kids, kept ourselves busy inventing games.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Reddington and prosecutor Jennifer Sprague had an animated discussion with the judge in court.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

It also helped show that an animated kids series can tackle weighty themes such as war, genocide, imperialism, sexism, propaganda and political corruption in a serialized story and be a hit.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

There was nothing very surprising in that; but again, I was rather surprised, when he said, as if he were animated by a brilliant idea,—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

This provocation sets the narrative in motion, framed by Garbus’ choice to illustrate the children’s ambitions by animating them as pieces on a game board modeled after Monopoly.

From Salon Mar. 14, 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

At this moment, an ingenious and animating suspicion entering Emma’s brain with regard to Jane Fairfax, this charming Mr. Dixon, and the not going to Ireland, she said, with the insidious design of farther discovery,

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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