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avatars

noun

plural of avatar

as in manifestations

a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality

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Recent Examples of avatars Since his host has a strict rule about using human avatars in this environment, the bad guy now presents as the gentleman from The Blacklist rocking a wizard’s beard. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026 In the run-up to this year’s campaign, the AI in Elections Observatory recorded 29 cases of AI avatars like Dona Maria, though no other synthfakes obtained her level of notoriety. — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2026 Like Muse, Dots have blobby, anthropomorphic avatars and customizable names. — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 And alongside its new $1,299 VR glasses, Meta this week unveiled a Tamagotchi-like keychain called Muse Charm that allows a user to summon the agent with a tap, featuring avatars of its fluffy Muse mascot. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Meta, which formerly was known as Facebook, has pushed this idea of the metaverse — digital spaces where people will work, socialize and play through virtual avatars. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 And to be very clear, as an artist, there are various avatars. — Alex Gonzalez, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Others are humanlike avatars that can smile, blink and nod their heads — albeit in a slightly uncanny manner. — Sophie Caldwell juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 So, isn’t that a risk to human performers who may have AI avatars just mindlessly training themselves off of their performances? — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

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Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Compared with the political circus in Washington and the malaise in the rest of America, such surface-level manifestations of China’s wealth and power often lead to sweeping conclusions about relative national trajectories.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Two more search warrants were carried out for the TikTok account, and during an interview, deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

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Designed by French icons Jean Nouvel and the late Thierry Despont, the property soars 1,050 feet over bustling Midtown Manhattan and the Museum of Modern Art.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The relationship between Chanel and film first started when Gabrielle Chanel travelled to Hollywood in 1930 to dress the leading actresses of the era and transformed them into style icons.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of icons

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Most of these programs did not have physical forms in their original MCU incarnations, but appear in human form within the world inside Vision’s mind.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
One of the true survivors The 71-year-old Zeiler is one of the true survivors of the various incarnations of Warner Bros over the past 14 years.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

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