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as in to integrate
to make a part of a body or system
they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive
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as in to express
to represent in visible form
George Washington embodied so many of the virtues that Americans hold dear
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Recent Examples of embody
In a season defined by workwear codes and technical materials, Harvey’s buckled slingbacks embodied the practical refinement that continues to drive Miu Miu’s momentum.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
At its heart, cinema embodies this truth by offering us not only stories but a deeper understanding of the wide spectrum of the human condition.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Warhol, of course, is known for at once satirizing and embodying mass production through his art and his studio, the Factory.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
Naturally, Del Rey and Dufrene each embodied their own distinct fashion mood for the occasion—meaning, there was no matching or complementary fashions here.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
At its heart, cinema embodies this truth by offering us not only stories but a deeper understanding of the wide spectrum of the human condition.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Warhol, of course, is known for at once satirizing and embodying mass production through his art and his studio, the Factory.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
Naturally, Del Rey and Dufrene each embodied their own distinct fashion mood for the occasion—meaning, there was no matching or complementary fashions here.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embody
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Following the success, Google may be planning to integrate the image model into some of its other apps and services.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Others have expressed their frustration at how Collinsworth seems to be over-the-top with his accolades for Mahomes.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Community members expressed their emotions in the aftermath of the shooting.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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HavocAI closed an $85 million venture funding round at the end of September so that it can be prepared to manufacture thousands of autonomous boats and incorporate its autonomous tech stack into new types of vessels at a moment’s notice, its cofounder and CEO, Paul Lwin, tells Fortune.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Bose developed the shape for all-day comfort, while Kendra Scott contributed her design language, incorporating metallic finishes and jewelry motifs into the product’s physical form.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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For his part, Milei has repeatedly said government isn’t the solution while wielding a chainsaw to symbolize federal spending cuts in Argentina.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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From watching millennials normalize egg freezing to period tracking and fertility care, for many, menopause feels like the next frontier in reproductive autonomy—and patches symbolize both relief and rebellion.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
8 Oct. 2025
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These students and their families also feared that higher education could force them to assimilate into Western and white culture, and erase their own Native traditions and languages.—
Cynthia Lindquist,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Taken to the extreme, some of these same ideas lead to remigration, the notion that nonwhite citizens who haven’t properly assimilated should be deported.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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This project exemplifies a public-private partnership, formalized under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), which enables federal laboratories to collaborate with private industry to accelerate technological innovation.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than with the rise of AI, which exemplifies both the opportunity and complexity boards must navigate.—
Lara Abrash,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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This manifests itself in several ways.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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But Thursday, as Latu relived the play in the locker room, his frustration manifested itself into a frown.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Each syllable an aeon, each body its true size.—
Jana Prikryl,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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His or her voice is the means by which the author’s work is bodied forth, and is the main channel along which thought and feeling are to flow.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Embody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embody. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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