as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness
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Recent Examples of incarnation
They were rewarded with a glorious night of music that focused on his new LP and tunes from the final incarnation of Pink Floyd.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
That idea didn’t go forward at the time, and the project went through multiple incarnations at other places until, following Suits global resurgence on Netflix in the summer of 2023, it was piloted by NBC as a Suits spinoff set at a Los Angeles law firm with UCP as the studio.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
What’s more, these sources tend to report the views of the most powerful, concealing dissent—and certainly not paying attention to the attitudes of commoners, as revealed in secondhand incarnations like Wiggo’s tale.
—Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
In its new incarnation, the far right began to resemble the old far left.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
That idea didn’t go forward at the time, and the project went through multiple incarnations at other places until, following Suits global resurgence on Netflix in the summer of 2023, it was piloted by NBC as a Suits spinoff set at a Los Angeles law firm with UCP as the studio.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
What’s more, these sources tend to report the views of the most powerful, concealing dissent—and certainly not paying attention to the attitudes of commoners, as revealed in secondhand incarnations like Wiggo’s tale.
—Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
In its new incarnation, the far right began to resemble the old far left.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarnation
Noun
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This is all a manifestation of what economists call the price elasticity of demand.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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This is the manifestation of the duality of January 20, 2025.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The social media user who first shared the image identified it as inauthentic in a follow-up post.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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The profile — based on multiple interviews with Ali along with former colleagues, friends and reporters, according to Kiefer — painted an unflattering image of Ali, alleged the plaintiff.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What seems extra hard to me is how the avatars, in general, are really hard to control with any precision.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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In Asimov’s time, people couldn’t have imagined how artificial agents could use online communication tools and avatars to deceive humans.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Jan. 2025
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