as in embodies
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 externalizes
Rapace’s response externalizes four different beats, from a snort to a tear, astonishment to anger.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Writing, for instance, externalizes memory.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Writing, for instance, externalizes memory.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalizes
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The town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, embodies the sweater weather coziness everyone wants for fall.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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No place better embodies that ethos than Southern California.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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If a user expresses thoughts of suicide, Ebb is trained to pass the conversation to a crisis line, Glover says.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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In his voiceover, McElwee frequently addresses Adrian and eulogizes his memory, but also expresses self-critical ruminations about his part in his son’s death, how his filmmaking may have contributed to his shaky self-image and the growing distance between them.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Best of all, the glass also incorporates 162 stars that can be illuminated at night.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Moyana incorporates elements of neo-soul, R&B, jazz, and even gospel influences to craft a 10-track record about growth.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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The inevitable showdown between the demon, which manifests in various forms during the film, is wild and exhausting, and gives Wilson and Farmiga, as consistent and excellent as always throughout, a powerful performative and emotional last stand.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But that manifests with her as a sort of vengeful, insatiable anger and need for revenge.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Externalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalizes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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