as in embodied
to represent in visible form
an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions
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Recent Examples of externalized
Hurry up, not all suffering is externalized, please hurry up.
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Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
The production works best when the play’s expressionistic flourishes invite theatergoers to consider more deeply the subjective experiences and societal subtexts that are being externalized.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
In this way, B1G1’s approach challenges the dominant economic paradigm in which profits are privatized while costs to society and the environment are externalized.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
The production works best when the play’s expressionistic flourishes invite theatergoers to consider more deeply the subjective experiences and societal subtexts that are being externalized.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
In this way, B1G1’s approach challenges the dominant economic paradigm in which profits are privatized while costs to society and the environment are externalized.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalized
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Players like Wembanyama and Castle have embodied a blend of nastiness and dedication that resembles the past and shapes the future.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Mitchum embodied that concept so well, the next man to play Cady — Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake — could only go bigger.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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Then, in April, a public letter from the Office of the Child Advocate expressed alarm at yet another child death.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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Before the 2021 project began, residents had expressed concerns about speeding on the corridor and it being used as a shortcut due to its access to I-95 at several points.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
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“Externalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalized. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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