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a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others
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Recent Examples of embodiments
The system enables a single AI architecture to control robots with different embodiments while coordinating interactions across an entire fleet.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The company has focused in part on making photorealistic embodiments of virtual AI characters, four people said.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Unlike vision and language, robotics lacks large, diverse datasets that span tasks, environments, and embodiments, thus limiting both scalability and generalization.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2026
Jews are not attacked as individuals but as embodiments of something the crowd has decided must be condemned.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
Here are real-life embodiments of our GOAT doing all three on the field.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The company has focused in part on making photorealistic embodiments of virtual AI characters, four people said.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Unlike vision and language, robotics lacks large, diverse datasets that span tasks, environments, and embodiments, thus limiting both scalability and generalization.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2026
Jews are not attacked as individuals but as embodiments of something the crowd has decided must be condemned.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
Here are real-life embodiments of our GOAT doing all three on the field.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embodiments
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The Cane Ridge Revival would become an epochal moment in American religious history, one of the most visible manifestations of what historians would later refer to as the Second Great Awakening.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Meanwhile, here are some other Bay Area manifestations of the Miles/Coltrane centennial.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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The project, fully funded out of Australia with production service partners in Japan, spans three historical periods – Edo-period Japan, 1865 New South Wales and 2027 Australia – following three incarnations of the same souls across a karmic cycle of love and possession.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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The game seamlessly strings together disparate incarnations of Batman into a cohesive experience that feels surprisingly fresh.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Britain has increasingly toughened its approach to tech companies in recent years, urging or forcing them to impose age verification, adapt their algorithms and, most recently, prevent children from circulating nude images taken on mobile phones.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Aerial images revealed flames rapidly consuming multiple acres of land, with one section burning perilously close to a group of power lines.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Embodiments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embodiments. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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