as in brightness
the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity
the animation of any city depends upon an abundance of street-level restaurants, shops, and places of entertainment
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Recent Examples of animation
This short film blends traditional animation with abstract expressionism using innovative video-to-video techniques.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
The Duffers loved a certain style of ‘80s and ‘90s all-family audience animation and cartoons, and this show is made in the spirit of that.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
In addition to a traditional broadcast, the match-up will also be recreated live in real-time animation, set against a festive version of Main Street, U.S.A., at Walt Disney World.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
That emotional impact is inseparable from the animation, threaded with light and shadow, underscoring how tightly songs and visuals are now bound together.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
The Duffers loved a certain style of ‘80s and ‘90s all-family audience animation and cartoons, and this show is made in the spirit of that.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
In addition to a traditional broadcast, the match-up will also be recreated live in real-time animation, set against a festive version of Main Street, U.S.A., at Walt Disney World.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
That emotional impact is inseparable from the animation, threaded with light and shadow, underscoring how tightly songs and visuals are now bound together.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for animation
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To put its change in brightness into perspective, the brightest observed x-ray flare from Sagittarius A* happened in 2013, but that event had only 1 percent of the brightness of what the black hole may have emitted perhaps as recently as a few hundred years ago, Michail says.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
13 Jan. 2026
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This summer, the Lab was chock full of gear, with clever, innovative tests for everything from backpack comfort to headlamp brightness.—
Adam Trenkamp,
Outside,
11 Jan. 2026
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Using fabric adds movement, liveliness, and drama to a room in a more advanced way than paint can.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
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Some of these treats date as far back as the 1700s, while others were developed during the penny-pinching of the Great Depression or the liveliness of the 1950s.—
Mack Swenson,
Southern Living,
4 Dec. 2025
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The vibe was more subdued than the tribal exuberance at the first Raw Wine fair in London in 2012.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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When informed of those results, close friends Carter and Figueroa-Ray responded with the exuberance of two teens who had just finished a 12-ounce triple berry Bubbl’r.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
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That indefatigable cheerfulness, even when describing scenes that sound brutal to almost anyone else, ran through the entire interview.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Dec. 2025
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As Milchick, Tillman infused an unnerving cheerfulness into Lumon Industries’ macrodata refinement supervisor, a character who became increasingly central in Season 2.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fake Plants Sure, live plants add vibrancy and life to a space, but faux plants (no matter how small or convincing) often just add plastic and dust.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
11 Jan. 2026
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From the perspective of vocal downtown residents, a larger neighborhood population is exactly what the double-decker downtown needs to bring vibrancy to both levels.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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Since its opening, the hotel has infused a fresh vitality in the town.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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Phased retirement has proven to help older workers maintain vitality and reduce fatigue.—
Mary Moreland,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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But this isn't without its compromises on brightness, vibrance, contrast, and color accuracy.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Dec. 2025
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The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2025
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In some ways, that seems very good; a bizarre fixation on ratings as an indicator of Hollywood robustness can be done away with forever.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mechanical testing showed that bending, friction, and washing had little effect on performance, highlighting the robustness of the polymer coatings and their compatibility with real-world use.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Animation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animation. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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