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Recent Examples of animated cartoon
Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.
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Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.
—Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 June 2022
Like the animated cartoon character of the same name, Lisa Simpson arrived on the scene in 1980s.
—Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2021
The creator of the Nyan Cat meme, which features an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso, sold an non-fungible token for 300 ether last month, equivalent to nearly $600,000 at the time of sale.
—Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
In far-ranging classroom discussions, Dr. Macksey was likely to quote from Greek poetry (in the original Greek, of course) and, on another day, to discuss the animated cartoons of Chuck Jones.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 26 July 2019
To the disappointment of many OG Disney viewers, the first wave of Disney+ releases was missing a few key series from the Disney Channel, namely the two-season animated cartoon The Proud Family.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Jan. 2020
The nine-minute video features photographs and videos of UCSD, but is mostly an animated cartoon that was produced by the California State University system.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
The soundtrack from an animated cartoon was blaring.
—Elliott Hester, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.
—Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 June 2022
Like the animated cartoon character of the same name, Lisa Simpson arrived on the scene in 1980s.
—Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2021
The creator of the Nyan Cat meme, which features an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso, sold an non-fungible token for 300 ether last month, equivalent to nearly $600,000 at the time of sale.
—Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
In far-ranging classroom discussions, Dr. Macksey was likely to quote from Greek poetry (in the original Greek, of course) and, on another day, to discuss the animated cartoons of Chuck Jones.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 26 July 2019
To the disappointment of many OG Disney viewers, the first wave of Disney+ releases was missing a few key series from the Disney Channel, namely the two-season animated cartoon The Proud Family.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Jan. 2020
The nine-minute video features photographs and videos of UCSD, but is mostly an animated cartoon that was produced by the California State University system.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
The soundtrack from an animated cartoon was blaring.
—Elliott Hester, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animated cartoon
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Abraham’s performance in season 2 of The White Lotus earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor in a limited series, anthology or motion picture made for television.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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The motion picture business saw revenue and segment profit decreased to $309 million (from $443 million) and $83.6 million (from $100.4 million), respectively, on tough comparisons with last year’s theatrical releases of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Saw X.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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Movies were paired with overtures and intermissions rather than short subjects or promotional trailers.—
Cory Stillman,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The proliferation of platforms distributing short subject documentaries in recent years has led to an abundance of high-quality films that pack a punch.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Olsen doesn’t appreciate Alicia Vikander meddling in her plan to start a family in the trailer for the sci-fi feature The Assessment.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Doc Made By 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone' Director Jamie Roberts The pair of shows feature on the BBC’s latest Faith and Hope season, which will also commemorate Easter and Passover.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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What To Know The Netflix documentary series American Murder: Gabby Petito will include text messages, video footage and excerpts from Petito's personal journals.—
Marni Rose McFall,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Yet in the best documentary category voters swerved the Palestinian-Israeli co-production No Other Land, the Oscar frontrunner, to award Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which is not even nominated.—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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The story is deceptively simple, but the way the animators create moving pictures to mimic medieval-style stained glass is singular.—
Josh Spiegel,
Vulture,
24 July 2024
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Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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The show also announced that Alan Cumming will have a guest role in the season’s second episode, voicing a cartoon character named Mr. Ring-A-Ding who breaks out of his celluloid world.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Spiteful buys plain aluminum cans and applies an array of colorful cartoon labels during the packaging process to market its portfolio.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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While chicken wings are Hooters’ signature menu item, the eatery is best known for its servers, who wear tight orange shorts and white T-shirts bearing the company’s name.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2025
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His figurine was outfitted in shorts and a backward baseball cap, with a hoodie tied around its waist; Mr. Bowen’s wore a white collared shirt and sneakers.—
Tammy LaGorce,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Oberon had too many romances, too many films, too many unfortunate twists of fate to mention them all here.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Brazil’s participation will extend across several of the Marché du Film’s key programs and will include film and documentary work-in-progress showcases, networking events and presentations of new international co-production initiatives.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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