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Recent Examples of effigies
Roads in the capital city, Brazzaville, were paved with Sassou N’Guesso's effigies.
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ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Trump had posted some of Loomer’s footage on his Truth Social account and threatened to seize the canal, prompting Panamanians to burn effigies of him.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Every December, families in Guatemala set giant devil effigies on fire.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
Before the invention of photography, these edible effigies were placed on altars as representations of the deceased.
—Luisa Navarro, Saveur, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1765, a tree planted in colonial Boston became a rallying point for the Sons of Liberty, who protested British rule by hanging effigies of officers from its branches and giving speeches.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Trump had posted some of Loomer’s footage on his Truth Social account and threatened to seize the canal, prompting Panamanians to burn effigies of him.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Every December, families in Guatemala set giant devil effigies on fire.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
Before the invention of photography, these edible effigies were placed on altars as representations of the deceased.
—Luisa Navarro, Saveur, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1765, a tree planted in colonial Boston became a rallying point for the Sons of Liberty, who protested British rule by hanging effigies of officers from its branches and giving speeches.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effigies
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For instance, portraits of Kim II Sung, the founder and supreme leader of North Korea, and Kim Jong Il, the father of current leader Kim Jong Un, are mandatory in public places like train stations, hospitals, schools and factories.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Centred on intimate portraits of women rebuilding their lives, the film follows individuals shaping a future in the shadow of a shared past.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Others featured in the show have similarly criticized their portrayals.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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These kinds of portrayals enforce biases that are damaging in the real world.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
14 Apr. 2026
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Wheatley has always had a decent handle on atmosphere, and Normal definitely possesses more of a sense of location than other pictures of its ilk.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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In May 2025, CACC posted pictures to its social media pages showing lines of people turning in stray animals or surrendering their pets to city shelters.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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And as far as attention to detail, each follow in the footsteps of Amalgam’s miniature Formula 1 replicas and its previous partnerships with Maranello, which include a diminutive 12Cilindri.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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Tuesday in a Castle Rock barn, history buffs are building replicas of old buildings, by hand.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Colbert said, as images of the president sitting and looking uncomfortable appeared onscreen.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Apr. 2026
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View gallery - 6 images After Polish architecture firm KWK Promes won a competition in 2016 to design a luxury single-family home in suburban Vilnius, Lithuania, a law slashed the allowable building footprint in half.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Drawing at least in part on information from Chalker’s defectors, the Pentagon constructed life-size underground facsimiles of Iranian nuclear facilities where the scientists had worked, attempting to duplicate even the thickness of the walls.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Carter Museum also partnered with the Fort Worth History Center to provide a number of archival materials, photographs, and facsimiles of the Como Weekly, a Black newspaper in the Lake Como community that ran from 1940 until 1986.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2026
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The images show women whose likenesses were edited by the AI chatbot to put them in more revealing clothing, such as towels, sports bras, skintight Spider-Woman outfits or bunny costumes.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
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But Beijing cracked down on the industry after several dramas used the likenesses of prominent human actors, with regulations requiring new series to seek government approval before release.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Effigies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effigies. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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