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Since the Best Animated Feature Oscar category was launched in 2002, 14 of the 23 winners of the Annies’ marquee Best Feature prize – and seven of the past 13 – went on to claim the golden statuette.—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2026 Last year, people dressed up as Oscar statuettes and as Fernanda Torres.—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026 Since the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, more than 3,100 Oscar statuettes have been awarded.—Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026 The civil-rights organization had booked a hotel for a convention on the condition that two statuettes of Black jockeys be removed from the lobby.—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for statuette