as in to embody
to represent in visible form
his imposing mansion is intended to instantiate for visitors his staggering success as an entrepreneur
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Recent Examples of instantiate
Other works by Paglen physically instantiate his arguments beyond what writing alone can do.
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Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
Here, the sado-sensual yearning of the Confederacy to instantiate itself through the fetishes and reliquaries of figurative sculpture is shown as hollow, impotent, all too discomfiting, and very real.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Are the humanities as they are currently instantiated in the American university system actually worth the Faustian bargains we are forced to make to keep them?
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
In a sense, starting internally and drawing inspiration from the external world around her, her mother instantiated an understanding of beauty that captured the core of an individual.
—Essence, 17 Dec. 2025
In other words, our intelligence is designed as an uncertainty-minimization function, and this is instantiated as a set of mental states (gears) controlled by the blue dot, LC network.
—Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
He feels burned by his efforts to instantiate popular sovereignty.
—Shikha Dalmia, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Harwicz’s novels are more hallucinatory than supernatural—but a more provocative distinction between her books and others in this semi-subgenre is that, for her characters, motherhood does not cause animal rage and instability so much as instantiate them.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Provision and register agent identities when instantiated and decommission them immediately after use.
—Eric Olden, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
Here, the sado-sensual yearning of the Confederacy to instantiate itself through the fetishes and reliquaries of figurative sculpture is shown as hollow, impotent, all too discomfiting, and very real.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Are the humanities as they are currently instantiated in the American university system actually worth the Faustian bargains we are forced to make to keep them?
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
In a sense, starting internally and drawing inspiration from the external world around her, her mother instantiated an understanding of beauty that captured the core of an individual.
—Essence, 17 Dec. 2025
In other words, our intelligence is designed as an uncertainty-minimization function, and this is instantiated as a set of mental states (gears) controlled by the blue dot, LC network.
—Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
He feels burned by his efforts to instantiate popular sovereignty.
—Shikha Dalmia, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Harwicz’s novels are more hallucinatory than supernatural—but a more provocative distinction between her books and others in this semi-subgenre is that, for her characters, motherhood does not cause animal rage and instability so much as instantiate them.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Provision and register agent identities when instantiated and decommission them immediately after use.
—Eric Olden, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instantiate
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Mohammadi’s place within that landscape is distinct due to her unique kind of legitimacy at a time when many Iranians are searching not only for opposition to the regime, but for a figure who embodies endurance under it.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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He is widely recognized for embodying a bold, distinctly Philadelphia spirit and his strong support of the Flyers.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Trump has gone back and forth over whether the war will end, at times expressing optimism and at other times saying Russia and Ukraine should be left to fight it out to the bitter end.—
Darlene Superville,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Her students have more trouble controlling their bodies and expressing their feelings.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Nike had unveiled a radically new design for Breaking2, incorporating a curved carbon-fiber plate into a thick wedge of springy midsole foam, which external lab data suggested would make runners several percent faster.—
Alex Hutchinson,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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There will be a view of the river from the commons and interior wall graphics will illustrate the theme of the design, which incorporates the concepts of earth, air, water and fire.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Silverman, who encountered the British original due to his parents, credits Tuccillo as instrumental to his vision of the show manifesting into reality.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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How this skew towards higher-price-tag goods manifested?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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“Instantiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instantiate. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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