as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness
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Apparently the actress kept a photo of David Bowie on her at all times and had hired an early incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band to play a party at her house.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
This amorphous network of political content feels like a 2020s TikTokified incarnation of what Joshua Citarella mapped out in his book Politigram and the Post-left, tracking ideological microcultures that are more like kids trying on masks.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
The film is dated for August 6, 2027, and this incarnation will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami, inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the NBC series that would influence the pop culture from fashion to filmmaking.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
The plot of His Dark Materials is driven by the long-running conflict between Pullman’s heroine, a bold, lithely intelligent 11-year-old named Lyra, and the Magisterium, an authoritarian incarnation of Christianity.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
This amorphous network of political content feels like a 2020s TikTokified incarnation of what Joshua Citarella mapped out in his book Politigram and the Post-left, tracking ideological microcultures that are more like kids trying on masks.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
The film is dated for August 6, 2027, and this incarnation will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami, inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the NBC series that would influence the pop culture from fashion to filmmaking.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
The plot of His Dark Materials is driven by the long-running conflict between Pullman’s heroine, a bold, lithely intelligent 11-year-old named Lyra, and the Magisterium, an authoritarian incarnation of Christianity.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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While Allura’s relationship status is one of active warfare, each of her fellow partners’ respective statuses is a different manifestation of their line of work.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jesus walked earth as God’s doings and words, as a manifestation of it, but Jesus was not God.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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In another image, the Chinese leader appears to grin with his eyes shut, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi laughing by his side.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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TruthScan’s difference Unlike other companies offering AI image and video detection, TruthScan has detection tools for enterprise companies and for the general public.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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With these risks avoided, Blackrock focuses on using its system to allow patients to operate computers and, as with Echo, speak via an on-screen avatar.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Later, xAI released a male avatar, Valentine, that follows similar logic and eventually goes shirtless.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Incarnation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarnation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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