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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exanimate
Adjective
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Heading into the last round, Dacres is tired, but Sirenko is lifeless and seemingly just going through the motions.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025 -
Not long after, Blanca, the daughters, and Abel—Nicolás’ piano student and secret lover—found his lifeless body in the farm’s lake.—
Time,
Time,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Thin bony fingers as inanimate as dry cigarette papers.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
16 July 2025
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Partners View all partners Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals.—
Noam Vogt-Vincent,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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“Exanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exanimate. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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