animate
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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
Similar concerns animate Andrews’ sculpture practice, which she’s returned to now that her life has regained equilibrium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 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
The same logic animates the administration’s posture toward the Western Hemisphere.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
As president of Dartmouth College, I’m committed to this goal, and how to restore public confidence in higher education animates conversations among my presidential peers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 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
Her credits from the late 1990s and early 2000s also included roles in the animated film A Bug's Life, as well as TV shows Ally McBeal and Malcolm in the Middle.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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
Nearly three dozen indie movies, along with big animated films from Disney and DreamWorks Animation, are among the recipients of California’s latest round of film tax credits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Beyond that, Mattel has more than 15 films currently in development, including a film based on its Hot Wheels franchise and an animated Barbie movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Later on at the dinner table he was still animated, though, which is the status quo on Sundays.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The show obviously exists with that world, as part of it, but you didn’t spend a whole lot of time animating texts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
With no less than the animating principle of the universe: “azoth,” the secret essence alchemists had sought for centuries.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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