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
The impact of circadian rhythm disruption on sleep can cause other negative physical and mental manifestations.
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Pamela Assid, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Jesus walked earth as God’s doings and words, as a manifestation of it, but Jesus was not God.
—Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
At the end, Lydie visits Agnes with the manifestation of the news Agnes received at the beginning of the film— the baby is finally here.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Really great for all the skeptics of manifestation.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
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Pamela Assid, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Jesus walked earth as God’s doings and words, as a manifestation of it, but Jesus was not God.
—Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
At the end, Lydie visits Agnes with the manifestation of the news Agnes received at the beginning of the film— the baby is finally here.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Really great for all the skeptics of manifestation.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestation
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The kids of 1962 Derry, Maine, have already been tormented by plenty of gruesome incarnations of IT, the supernatural monster that haunts their town.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Nov. 2025
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It was formerly known, in a previous incarnation, as the Alice Camera.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
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In places like Kemusuk, a village near Yogyakarta where he was born, his image is everywhere – from museum memorabilia celebrating his life to the souvenir T-shirts with his smiling face.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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In this image, Johns sits on a table littered with liquor bottles.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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With these risks avoided, Blackrock focuses on using its system to allow patients to operate computers and, as with Echo, speak via an on-screen avatar.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Later, xAI released a male avatar, Valentine, that follows similar logic and eventually goes shirtless.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Marking its 43rd edition, the Northern Italian festival will gather a constellation of screen icons, paying additional tribute to Daniel Brühl, Claude Lelouch, Vincent Lindon, Vanessa Redgrave, Stefania Sandrelli, Sergio Castellitto and Aleksandr Sokurov.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The couple was spotted seated in the front row behind home plate, ahead of baseball icon Sandy Koufax.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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In this poetry collection, Vilariño strips poetry to its essence—distilling love, loss, and the inexorable passage of time into spare yet searing verses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Stripped to their symbolic essence, the erotics of Frankenstein are about the body as meat, electrified by carnal pleasure and unencumbered by the soul.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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That troubling temptation to treat your phone like a magic portal to a better life finds an ideal personification in Tallulah (Odessa A’zion).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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In one disturbing scene, the Grabber states that going to hell stripped him of his humanity, so Hawke saw the task this time as playing the personification of sin itself.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Belletide is owned by John Gerant, the former Miami cop, and his son, Sean, state incorporation records and SARs show.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Under Dimon’s leadership, JPMorgan has grown its incorporation of AI systems, with 150,000 employees using them and 2,000 people building them.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Art is an externalization of our imagination and need to express ourselves.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Virtuoso delivers accurate externalization and localization of sound, ensuring mix decisions translate well to loudspeakers.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Manifestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestation. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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