Disney

[ diz-nee ]

/ ˈdɪz ni /

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noun

Walt(er E.), 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.

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How to use Disney in a sentence

After regularly taking in large sums every summer — the company recorded a post-tax profit of $800 million in summer 2019 — Disney lost $700 million in the summer of 2020.
Disney took a hit during the pandemic, but you wouldn’t know it from its stock price|Steven Zeitchik|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
Of the major TV network groups, Disney has been most successful in building up its streaming business.
Media Briefing: Publishers’ and platforms’ businesses settle into the new normal|Tim Peterson|February 18, 2021|Digiday
Moreover, if Disney and ViacomCBS secure rights to stream NFL games to people who don’t have pay-TV subscriptions, that could significantly boost their respective streaming services.
Future of TV Briefing: TV’s upfront advertisers hold tight|Tim Peterson|February 17, 2021|Digiday
It’s not that esports teams are well on their way to becoming Disney doppelgangers.
‘We’re all content businesses’: esports orgs borrow from the media owner’s playbook in search for new revenues|Seb Joseph|February 15, 2021|Digiday

Disney’s streaming subscribers are skyrocketing, but the average amount of money the company makes on those users is doing the opposite.
Disney+ subscribers keep growing, but they’re making Disney less money|Adam Epstein|February 11, 2021|Quartz
They married on December 19, 2013 after a romantic “Walt Disney” kind of courtship, they both said.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reprinted by permission of Kingswell/Disney Publishing Worldwide.
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Disney has a choice whether to produce a program with certain fictional characters; the storyline could be re-written or changed.
Yep, Korra and Asami Went in the Spirit Portal and Probably Kissed|Melissa Leon|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.
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“The night he sold The Sixth Sense to Disney, we were all together for dinner in LA,” Nagrani recalls.
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"Well, that did seem to be Mr Disney's view," said Southend.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
With a quick jerk of his head Disney began to walk on slowly.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
"Everybody else I've met has been horribly afraid of Mr Disney," she said in a half-whisper.
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"Anyhow the first thing is to sound Disney," continued Southend.
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She turned her head by chance, and found Mr Disney silent too, and looking at her.
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British Dictionary definitions for Disney

Disney

/ (ˈdɪznɪ) /

noun

Walt (er Elias). 1901–66, US film producer, who pioneered animated cartoons: noted esp for his creations Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and films such as Fantasia (1940)

Derived forms of Disney

Disneyesque, adjective

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