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
In The Beauty, Murphy externalizes that logic, pushing it to its extreme conclusion.
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Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Rather than a coming-out story, audiences are invited inward to explore how an artist externalizes the queerness of life into the tapestry of storytelling.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Writing, for instance, externalizes memory.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Rather than a coming-out story, audiences are invited inward to explore how an artist externalizes the queerness of life into the tapestry of storytelling.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Writing, for instance, externalizes memory.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalizes
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Not only is the white barked tree beautiful, but the sound of the wind rushing through the leaves embodies peace.—
Becky Bartkowski,
AZCentral.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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The camera’s gradual movement embodies festering paranoia, as the heavy strings by composer Marvin Miller break through lengthy, silent stretches in order to highlight dramatic peaks and valleys.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Drawing the audience in with just his pleading voice and vulnerable physicality, Duvall expresses a lifetime of regrets.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Novels that seemingly share a repetitive style or subject can have a beating heart that expresses the writer’s most passionate concerns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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This data incorporates the effects of real clouds on the real atmosphere, and so ACE2 makes forecasts that also reflect that influence.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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As a brand that always incorporates its tried-and-true pieces as well as new looks into each collection, this is an opportunity for Wrangler to either introduce new consumers to our classic denim (like the Cowboy Cuts) or to get the more traditional Wrangler denim fans into our newer styles.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Someone once told me that hope manifests itself as light in the midst of darkness.—
Christopher Martinez,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Their concern manifests differently in each of them.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Externalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalizes. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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