animated cartoons

Definition of animated cartoonsnext
plural of animated cartoon

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Noun
  • The siblings shot some of the first motion pictures ever made, beginning in 1895, on equipment of their own design.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • While the Oscars have been located on Hollywood Boulevard since settling into the then-Kodak Theatre, which later changed its name to the Dolby Theatre, over almost a century of celebrating the best in motion pictures the ceremony has bounced between Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles.
    Peter Larsen, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Xbox's most helpful features, such as Quick Resume, will work as expected when games are launched from the card.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The moon will be roughly the size of a basketball in the view of the astronauts, who will examine its surface for color, lighting, rock types and other features.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Each of them started in the early days of live-TV drama, eventually finding their way into the moving pictures.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The Polk Theatre, an ornate 1928 Italianate venue, has been screening films in Lakeland’s downtown square since before moving pictures had sound.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Shah’s Western orientation extended to culture, and a wide range of artistically important international films could be seen in Tehran, in time including those of the French New Wave.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The single arrived alongside a music directed by Luis De Pena and Yaslynn Rivera, which pays homage to classic West Coast gangster films.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There were three or four years in between each of the movies and that’s kind of a perfect example of where the evolution of technology really began to impact them.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Despite their work, the frontier myth continues to influence popular histories and portrayals of the West in media, ranging from books to movies to video games.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Two television cameras looking down from an altitude of about 450 miles made initial pictures of earthly cloud patterns on the satellite’s second orbitable trip.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • After walking into her personal office to find Gordon redecorating the room with pictures of herself, Gomez sits down to review her assistant's to-do list for the day.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Animated cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animated%20cartoons. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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