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 For him, the values of America are synonymous with a particular theological understanding of Christianity, and the country’s ethical identity is instantiated in the message of the Bible. Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 The Way Forward Fundamentally, enterprises now face a decision point - remain, observers as AI reshapes competitive horizons or actively instantiates internal leadership to chart an intelligent course ahead. Mark Minevich, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 As the homepage’s load fluctuates throughout the day, Fargate instantiates more tasks as needed to handle the load. Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023 This case instantiates the core principle that simply refraining from discriminating or offering the same services to all children is not enough to ensure that students received a substantively equal education. Olatunde Johnson, Time, 29 June 2023 Right on the cusp of changing the economic paradigm, but before that paradigm was fully instantiated. How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 29 June 2023 What this tells us is that while DeepMind's powerful neural networks do instantiate a representation of the Breakout screen, this representation remains firmly anchored to raw pixels even at the higher levels of abstraction deep in the network. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 The late, great Steve Jobs instantiated a corporate culture around this credo and used it to build one of the premier computing companies in the world. Clint Boulton, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023 For instance, in the case of analytics, if data is being transformed in the data plane, the control plane can instantiate the pipelines required, spin up additional compute resources and dial everything back down once the tasks are complete. Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
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  • Rubbing Salt In The Wound: Expatriation Tax Regime The current expatriation regime is embodied in IRC Section 877A, enacted in 2008 to deter wealthy Americans from renouncing citizenship to avoid taxes.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Among its other attributes, Superman is shot through with a winning modesty, embodied by Reeve’s no-big-deal depiction of Superman.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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  • Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt both have dance backgrounds, and Affleck has long expressed her desire to appear on the ABC show.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 1 July 2025
  • Textile executives sounded particularly cautious in expressing their views.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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  • But these products should be flexible enough to incorporate material feedback from financial institutions and deliver strategic rules and solutions that help keep fraud detection one step ahead of fraudsters.
    Sunny Banerjee, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • These new models incorporate forward-looking climate data, including projections of extreme rainfall, sea-level rise and changing storm patterns — factors FEMA's maps generally exclude.
    Jeremy Porter, CBS News, 14 July 2025
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  • The Problem: What The AI Skills Gap Looks Like The AI skills gap manifests differently across classrooms, but common patterns emerge that create real challenges for both teachers and students.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • This reaction is triggered by the mosquito's saliva, which causes our immune system to release histamine, and usually manifests as inflammation, itching, discomfort, and visible red bumps.
    Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 7 July 2025

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“Instantiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instantiate. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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