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Recent Examples of incarnate This confrontation becomes much more interesting when it is incarnated by on the one hand, the patriarchy, and on the other hand, the defiance, the resistance, the integrity of these incredible young women of the new generation in Iran. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 Several times, the president of the jury carried out a bizarre line of questioning that undercut the feminist victory the trial supposedly incarnated. Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025 Trump’s outsize presence in this scene is incarnated by the Trump International Hotel and Tower, which Fassler boldly painted in shades of black and blue. Mara Hoberman, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025 The gnome incarnates its human creator’s desires and dreams as well as Wallace’s follies. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incarnate
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Verb
  • For upland bird hunters, witnessing the mesmerizing poetry in motion embodied in the work of great dogs is the main attraction of the pursuit.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • In April, Maryland became the first state in the nation to codify such universal screening into law, a breakthrough embodied in SB 0740, the SFC Matthew Fast Act.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt both have dance backgrounds, and Affleck has long expressed her desire to appear on the ABC show.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 1 July 2025
  • Textile executives sounded particularly cautious in expressing their views.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Barrel aged wines tend to be fuller bodied on the palate as well.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
  • Soccer is a surprisingly physical game that involves a good deal of bodying one’s opponent — tackling, in soccer-speak.
    J.T. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • In adult romantic relationships, this manifests as personal space being mistaken for rejection, and sameness being conflated with intimacy.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Some scientists believe that rocket propellant may play a part in the formation of high altitude 'night shining' noctilucent clouds - a phenomenon that is more common at northerly altitudes, but has been spotted manifesting closer to the equator in recent decades.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • So be sure to incorporate these treatment options into your regimen.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 1 July 2025
  • The city of Charlotte is moving forward with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s plan to incorporate drones into local policing.
    Maia Nehme, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025

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“Incarnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarnate. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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