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inanimate

[in-an-uh-mit] / ɪnˈæn ə mɪt /


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Juliette Lewis will spend the majority of the film’s runtime inanimate; a chic vegetable that her friends draw lipstick on and talk to, as if she were as normal and responsive as any other day.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Rice cakes join a long list of inanimate objects that time-poor young Chinese have jokingly adopted for low-maintenance companionship in recent years, ranging from mango pits, to rocks, to cardboard dogs.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

He amassed around 3,000 inanimate objects, which he started collecting after his father’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

“By Design,” by the playwright-turned-filmmaker Amanda Kramer, has one of this Sundance’s more mysterious hooks: What happens when a woman realizes that society prefers her inanimate?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

It stuck to people, animals, and inanimate objects like peanut butter.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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