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animate

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




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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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2026

The third track, “Appetite,” features horns and strings to animate his story of the loneliness and isolation of life on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

Just then he raised his head, so massive I wondered at the blood it must take to animate, and he saw me.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

“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

Yet if “Born to Run” unexpectedly animates the pub jukebox, long dormant toes might start tapping, if only for a few wistful moments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

The same logic animates the administration’s posture toward the Western Hemisphere.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 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

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

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Some also post animated guides for people to follow along with.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

I can already imagine it: point your phone at a package of ground beef and wait while a tiny animated horseshoe spins on the screen.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Before shooting started, Green’s team had a full plan for what all of the animated characters would be doing and which objects they would interact with in every scene.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

As he had talked, Sayle had become more and more animated, carried away by his own enthusiasm.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

The Whatnot auctions are events—sellers are personalities who fire up bids, chats buzz with hundreds of buyers, and the animating pressure is often the same: bid now or lose out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

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

But because ambition succeeds best when disguised by virtue, he wanted to furnish the Alliance with an animating ideology—a manifest destiny, as it were, or mission civilisatrice.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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