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animators

noun

plural of animator

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someone or something that gives life or vigor to

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Recent Examples of animators The visual effects artists and animators then got to work creating digital Martians that would have the handmade, idiosyncratic style Burton originally intended to achieve with stop-motion. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026 Studios are firing skilled animators, then rehiring them to fix what the models get wrong. — Sadev Parikh, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026 And the animators threw some fun curveballs, including making the embodiment of evil into a shirtless hottie that would make even shirtless Kirk jealous. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026 So many people are doing amazing things on the show, like our dope writers and animators. — Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The team included three animators, two screenwriters, three sound producers, a sound supervisor and a color artist, while the company hired native Kazakh actors to voice the characters. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026 Unless valid challenges are presented, a group of 137 workers at the studio including animators, digital puppetry artists, CG modelers and other workers will soon join the union. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 However, if a sequence calls for rapid, snappy action, animators typically go back to shooting on ones, creating a full 24 frames for every second. — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 That's quite the draw for video editors, music creators, 3D graphic designers, animators, and any other creative making something magic out of a little software and some imagination. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026

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Noun

In a statement, the city of Littleton said, after research and an evaluation with consultants, in some cases, shortening school zones increases driver awareness and improves overall safety for drivers and students.

— Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Views are also good at what has become something of a local landmark, particularly to drivers on the nearby M61 motorway who can’t fail to notice the sweeping roof and angled floodlight poles when lit up at night.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of drivers

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Amy Tucci, president of the Hospice Foundation of America, noted that some agencies provide extra therapy, aide support, and other services.

— Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
The settlement will be paid by Hyundai Mobis, Kia and local staffing and recruitment agencies that helped find and bring the immigrant workers to Georgia on temporary visas.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of agencies

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Mitchell Zuckerman, a cofounder of Art Market Advisors and a former Sotheby’s executive, told me that executors and beneficiaries frequently choose guarantees.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
That’s why disputes over executors and other estate fiduciaries are among the most common issues raised in probate litigation.

— Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026

Definition of executors

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What followed were blackouts stretching up to 18 hours a day—a gap that expensive diesel generators could not fill.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The club has historically been one of the best revenue generators in the league, ranking second in 2025 at $158 million.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of generators

Noun

Ackman’s approach to retention goes beyond financial incentives.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
In order to convince people to replace solo driving with mass transit, LA Metro is offering cash incentives for people to park at least one of their cars at home and try walking, bike share, carpooling or taking a train or bus.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of incentives

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Morgan Stanley initiates Csquare as overweight Morgan Stanley says the data center company has a slew of positive catalysts ahead.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
In fact, the arrest of Hoffa and the closure of the Studebaker car plant were major catalysts for the passage of ERISA.

— Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of catalysts

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All the while the fMRI churned on, peering through the dogs’ skulls into the brain below and looking for the areas that lit up as a result of the visual stimuli.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
How 40 Hz Sound Therapy Works The treatment is called GENUS, short for gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of stimuli

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The conversation will explore his cinematic and cultural inspirations and reflect on the early short films, community, and collaborations that helped shape his unique artistic voice.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Hopkins weaves in old Welsh folk tunes and nods to impressionistic inspirations like Vaughan Williams and Frederick Delius.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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