animated
adjective
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Animated cartoon characters have been "given life" by film techniques, though the animation of drawings actually goes back to handheld toys in the 1830s. A child watching the cartoon may also be animated—squealing, laughing, and jumping around—as can a crowd of hockey fans or a rock-concert audience. And the best discussions and arguments are often highly animated.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
The original animated show covered a lot of ground, including ideas from what many fans consider the classic period of the X-Men comics, writer Chris Claremont’s run from 1975 to 1991.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Animated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animated. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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