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Recent Examples of disembodied
An American classic, the cover oddly archaic, blue, with disembodied eyes.
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Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps he is known less by image and more as a disembodied voice, glitching his way across vintage Kanye tracks and rumbling words of self-pity opposite Taylor Swift.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
The ceremonial first pitch was delivered by Thing, the disembodied hand character from Netflix’s popular series Wednesday.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
And that’s how the disembodied eyeball of one Heather Graham became the runaway star of SXSW.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
How did this odd disembodied experience happen in the first place?
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
His muscles waste, his mind dulls, his body collapses inward until only a voice remains, thin and disembodied.
—Gilberto Lopes, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
Fischbach's protagonist is surrounded by disembodied voices in the clip, his only company until the red waters begin flooding the vessel.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Behind him, the disembodied hand of a federal agent grips his Spider-Man backpack.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Or perhaps he is known less by image and more as a disembodied voice, glitching his way across vintage Kanye tracks and rumbling words of self-pity opposite Taylor Swift.
—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
The ceremonial first pitch was delivered by Thing, the disembodied hand character from Netflix’s popular series Wednesday.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
And that’s how the disembodied eyeball of one Heather Graham became the runaway star of SXSW.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
How did this odd disembodied experience happen in the first place?
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
His muscles waste, his mind dulls, his body collapses inward until only a voice remains, thin and disembodied.
—Gilberto Lopes, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
Fischbach's protagonist is surrounded by disembodied voices in the clip, his only company until the red waters begin flooding the vessel.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Behind him, the disembodied hand of a federal agent grips his Spider-Man backpack.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembodied
Adjective
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The important things are often bodiless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her testimony led to the U.K.’s first bodiless murder conviction.—
Udita Jhunjhunwala,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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After sweeping up broken glass, tiny, almost-invisible shards often remain behind.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
11 Apr. 2026
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Like all black holes, primordial black holes have mass and thus interact with gravity and are effectively invisible due to the fact that they are bounded by a light-trapping surface called an event horizon.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Grizzlies were viewed as relatives by many tribes and played an important spiritual role.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The friction comes as the technology continues to worry, on both spiritual and labor grounds, workers across Hollywood.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Slowing and congealing the formless language of my thoughts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Some of Hachette’s attempts at tweaking have not been taken onboard: There was some discussion of the magazine’s name (not surprising, since industry wisdom suggests that the big, useful magazine agencies like Publishers Clearinghouse will be turned off by something as formless as George).—
Rebecca Mead,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In Ayurveda, Prana, the life force carried by the breath, is understood to nourish both the mind and body and can be viewed as a nonphysical substance, finer than oxygen.—
Trisha Swift,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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In accounting, intangible assets are nonphysical possessions including such things as brands and intellectual property, software, mineral rights ‒ and contracts.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The impact against San Antonio was more intangible.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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Some of the value that sports teams offer to communities is intangible and incalculable.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the cost in dollars is immaterial to OpenAI, which just raised $122 billion.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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In such a scenario, the size of a warhead stockpile may prove immaterial, argued Eveleth.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Disembodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembodied. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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