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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exanimate
Adjective
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When Liam returns from a hunting trip to discover signs of a bear, and the lifeless body of his wife, he is left alone with his child.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Our Bill of Rights is not a lifeless relic.—
Chris Mattei,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Even Lander Lil, an inanimate bronze statue of a prairie dog located in Wyoming tasked by locals with a similar weather-prediction role, has a higher prediction rate than Phil, with 75% accuracy.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
2 Feb. 2026
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The building would undergo a restoration, in 2017, but in that intervening period the inanimate structure seemed actually dead.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Exanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exanimate. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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