animated cartoons

Definition of animated cartoonsnext
plural of animated cartoon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for animated cartoons
Noun
  • 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
  • Larkin works across motion pictures, digital platforms, and the video game/motion capture space, with a track record of guiding talent into new ventures across film, television, and interactive media.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 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
  • For many adults, the beauty book triggered memories of a pre-social-media childhood spent cutting pictures out of magazines and pasting them into notebooks.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • These are big walleyes, the kind sportsmen pose with for pictures in the local newspapers.
    Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Animated cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animated%20cartoons. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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