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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

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

He emerged with twins whose distinct qualities animate an awards-worthy dual performance.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

“I like that one too. But some drawings animate better than others. Let’s try all three and see what happens.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

“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

An intimate historical consciousness animates the poem, as it does nearly everything Heaney wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

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

A movie so bad it’s good: Niu Lai, a poorly made Chinese film about animated cows, has quickly become one of the most profitable movies of all time.

From Slate Sep. 3, 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

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

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Cullen originated the role in the 1980s animated “Transformers” series, referred to by fans as “G1” or “Generation 1.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

She was a little more animated, smoked more, spoke more.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Democracy demands allegiance to ideals of human dignity and political equality, the protection of which is its animating purpose.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2026

The same animating spirit that drove the Founding Fathers led Cornelius Vanderbilt and Henry Ford to create business empires.

From The Wall Street Journal 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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