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 The rules and conditions evolve, and the players can be represented by avatars. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 The story that The People’s Beauty Index tells about the industry is that diversity is foundational, hyperlocal recommendations are necessary, and Reddit users see themselves as guides, not aspirational avatars or marketers. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026 Students will interact with avatars trained on district curriculum. — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 In the new trailer, the avatars have also entered the real world, but they are stuck in demo mode. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 The reboots transitioned the story from the classic Jumanji board game to a video game, following a group of teenagers whose in-game avatars are played by Johnson, Hart, Black and Gillan. — Kennedy French, Variety, 29 July 2026 Both films starred Johnson, Hart, Black and Gillan as players in the Jumanji video game world, with Wolff, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Ser’Darius Blain playing the real-world teenage counterparts of the avatars. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 July 2026 Heti has been brought here by Justin Vernon, the 45-year-old creative force behind the iconoclastic indie act Bon Iver, long-running musical avatars of beautiful melancholia. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026 This spring, Simmons and Stanley provided the first details about KISS’ post-farewell tour transformation into digital avatars, which will eventually anchor a live experience akin to ABBA’s Voyage in London. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avatars
  1. manifestations
  2. images
  3. icons
  4. incarnations
Noun
  • Evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper’s exploration of the many manifestations of symbiotic collaboration.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In Salento, each town nestled into a shallow valley or slim rise has its own dialectal name for the almond in its varied manifestations—as tree, as fruit, as orchard.
    — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026
Definition of manifestations
Noun
  • The researchers scanned the brains of eight dogs — six border collies, a labrador and a golden retriever — while showing them images of strangers with either a happy or a neutral expression.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • See the short’s first teaser and a selection of first-look images below.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of images
Noun
  • Along the way, Coyote, Kevin, and Paige follow a dizzying number of clues, the kind that inevitably add beloved icons like Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Elmer Fuud, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, and more into the fray.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Ventura-Franken-Tafoya may not be quite on the level of Reagan-Schwarzenegger-Sonny Bono, that hat trick of California icons.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of icons
Noun
  • Television has its own example in Doctor Who, where generations of viewers have embraced different actors as the Doctor without abandoning earlier incarnations.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Put all that together and this city has good reason to embrace a festival that, after 20 incarnations in Sweet Home Chicago, deserves to be seen as part of our summer furniture.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of incarnations

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