as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness
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Recent Examples of incarnations
Houses such as Boucheron and Chaumet gave new incarnations to elements mined from their deep archives, whether a signature motif or even a historic address.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
The house then went through a couple of incarnations, owned by different families, before family-run Uga Escapes—whose show-stopping properties, span Anuradhapura to Yala National Park—took it over.
—Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
The original cast had changed the medium, and there had already been a couple of incarnations to follow.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Beset by injuries all season, including to standout tackles Joe Alt, and Rashawn Slater, the Chargers used 25 incarnations up front.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
The authors have structured the work as a triple helix, and some of the most powerful moments occur when all three incarnations of the characters are on stage at the same time.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Coercive apparatuses vary widely among authoritarian countries, which inherit legacy structures from previous regimes or previous incarnations of their own regimes.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
The house then went through a couple of incarnations, owned by different families, before family-run Uga Escapes—whose show-stopping properties, span Anuradhapura to Yala National Park—took it over.
—Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
The original cast had changed the medium, and there had already been a couple of incarnations to follow.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Beset by injuries all season, including to standout tackles Joe Alt, and Rashawn Slater, the Chargers used 25 incarnations up front.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
The authors have structured the work as a triple helix, and some of the most powerful moments occur when all three incarnations of the characters are on stage at the same time.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Coercive apparatuses vary widely among authoritarian countries, which inherit legacy structures from previous regimes or previous incarnations of their own regimes.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarnations
Noun
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The vocal and physical manifestations of the characters must become second nature.—
Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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An equally strong argument could be made that the dementia was the real cause because his actions are manifestations of his condition.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The trailer features Ranveer Singh returning with dual avatars – Jaskirat Singh Rangi and Hamza.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2026
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Ultimately, many of these books’ characters are portrayed as avatars of resentment and disaffection, men who seem to fall prey to the rigid vision of masculinity dispensed by real-life adherents to the manosphere.—
Eric Magnuson,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The update, spotted by Social Media Today, arrives after X faced heavy scrutiny for letting Grok generate sexualized images of users under their posts.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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Complicating any assessment of the incident is the lack of images of bomb fragments from the blast.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Incarnations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarnations. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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