animating principle
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This was an animating principle for the exhibition curated by Alexis Bard Johnson, Quetzal Arévalo and Sela Kerr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
There’s one glaring exception, a Nick Fury–style introduction of Rose Rita Pottinger, a character who eventually starred in her own Bellairs novel—but it’s more of a misstep than an animating principle.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2018
That would appear to be the animating principle behind “This Ain’t No Disco,” the tone-deaf, cliché-clogged rock opera that opened on Tuesday night at the Linda Gross Theater in an Atlantic Theater Company production.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018
In short, Devoy kept freedom for Ireland the animating principle of his life.
From Time ● Apr. 24, 2016
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
