animated cartoons

noun

plural of animated cartoon
as in short subjects

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  1. motion pictures
  2. features
  3. moving pictures
  4. films
  5. movies
  6. pictures
Noun
  • The film will be among the 20 titles competing at the festival, running against other major motion pictures.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
  • Online voting for nominations in all categories will start on Monday, December 14, and run through Monday, January 4, for TV and ads and through Wednesday, January 6, for motion pictures.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Definition of motion pictures
Noun
  • Browning and Eveland pointed out all the features of the weapon and walked through how to safely take it apart and put it back together.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
  • Surface features may not provide much evidence, so the scientists looked at fossils.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of features
Noun
  • No combination of stilettos and old-fashioned shoe-leather can temper the fact that integrity, talent, hard work, and a dedication to treating everything from fashion to the moving pictures with seriousness is in perpetual danger of extinction.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 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
Definition of moving pictures
Noun
  • From 2020 to today, the Venice Film Festival has awarded more films by women than any other festival in the world including Cannes and Berlin.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • Diving into the numbers, film production was down about 20 percent compared to the same time period in 2025, though that actually comes after a boom period in which in Q1 films were up significantly compared to 2025.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 July 2026
Definition of films
Noun
  • But there’s still enough star-wattage and mouth-watering movies to keep film buffs’ pulses racing.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • Watching these movies with her reminds me of how my mom and I would watch Eyes on the Prize or Roots or PBS documentaries together.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 23 July 2026
Definition of movies
Noun
  • At the same time, fascinated engineers around the world were examining the same pictures and videos as everyone else.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Apparently, at the airport, all the flight attendants were trying to take pictures with her.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of pictures
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