as in incarnation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
a portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love
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Recent Examples of manifestation
People say the child looks just like her mom, but that only strengthens the hyper-subjective impression that Linda’s daughter isn’t a person in her own right so much as a human manifestation of her own anxiety.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
The vulnerabilities, affecting the CPUs in later generations of Apple A- and M-series chip sets, open them to side channel attacks, a class of exploit that infers secrets by measuring manifestations such as timing, sound, and power consumption.
—Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
Based on the Max Porter novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, the film gives grief a physical manifestation, a sinister presence that unmoors Cumberbatch’s character from reality.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Get creative with manifestation when the sun coordinates with Neptune.
—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
The vulnerabilities, affecting the CPUs in later generations of Apple A- and M-series chip sets, open them to side channel attacks, a class of exploit that infers secrets by measuring manifestations such as timing, sound, and power consumption.
—Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
Based on the Max Porter novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, the film gives grief a physical manifestation, a sinister presence that unmoors Cumberbatch’s character from reality.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Get creative with manifestation when the sun coordinates with Neptune.
—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestation
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The last incarnation of the Avatar born an earthbender was Kyoshi, voiced by Jennifer Hale on the first two series.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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The modern incarnation is in a flute, sans the ice.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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But despite the media blitz projecting images of an unrelenting nationwide sweep, so far, the deportation of migrants is well below the monthly average during the Biden administration, and there is little evidence that ICE is arresting or detaining any more people than usual.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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In 2015, Playboy ceased publishing images of naked women, citing the proliferation of nudity on the internet.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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This infrastructure could be a major enabler for real-time AI avatars, which typically require powerful cloud computing resources.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Destroying those monsters means eating into your avatar Jorge's health total, which is prominently displayed in the bottom-left corner.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Feb. 2025
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The best remains the fragrant and fruitful orange tree, the original arboreal icon that fetched newcomers here by the tens of thousands.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Wave farewell to an American maritime icon The storied ocean liner SS United States left its Philadelphia pier on Wednesday to embark on its final mission … underwater.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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President Trump has publicly said any peace rested on Ukraine ending its NATO ambitions and relinquishing territory seized by Moscow — in essence ceding to two key Russian demands.—
Charles Maynes,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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Directed by Gabriel Moses, the short film explores the essence of human connection through the rich and vibrant lens of West African culture.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
18 Feb. 2025
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Scott Rosenberg Jan 23, 2025 The AI personification trap The chatbot that's giving you information and ideas today is not your friend or neighbor — and the AI agent that might perform tasks for you tomorrow is not your coworker.—
Eleanor Hawkins,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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Uncle Sam is the national personification of the U.S. and is often depicted as a tall, elderly man with white hair, a goatee, and dressed in red, white, and blue.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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More than communication tools, languages help concretize the abstract, providing frameworks for making sense of concepts as fundamental as time.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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In the past, the agency has also kept open PubMed, which holds biomedical research abstracts needed for health care, and the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, where reporting of clinical studies is a legal requirement.—
ByDavid Malakoff,
science.org,
19 Dec. 2024
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After the Court of Chancery’s ruling last year, Musk started a campaign to persuade companies not to incorporate in Delaware and moved the site of incorporation for his businesses out of the state.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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And the residents of La Habra agreed those 100 years ago, overwhelmingly voting in favor of incorporation, 311-146.—
Lou Ponsi,
Orange County Register,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Manifestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestation. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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