as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
the workers stood nervously before the company boss, for he was to them the incorporation of all that controlled their fate
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Recent Examples of incorporation
The defense agreement permanently tethered the foreign policies of the two countries together, decisively shifting Canada away from its long incorporation in the British Empire.
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Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
After a successful special election for incorporation, the city now covers about 1½ square miles and is about 20 miles from Brownsville, which has a population of about 186,000.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
The incorporation of more outside zone concepts demands commitment and buy-in and Meinerz sees the steady improvements for the Broncos in the run game as an illustration of both.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Guidelines on what counts as racist behavior, incidents, research, and publication will be authored by a faculty committee for incorporation into the same set of rules and procedures.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
After a successful special election for incorporation, the city now covers about 1½ square miles and is about 20 miles from Brownsville, which has a population of about 186,000.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
The incorporation of more outside zone concepts demands commitment and buy-in and Meinerz sees the steady improvements for the Broncos in the run game as an illustration of both.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Guidelines on what counts as racist behavior, incidents, research, and publication will be authored by a faculty committee for incorporation into the same set of rules and procedures.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorporation
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Despite the backaches, headaches, high blood pressure, shortness of breath, sweating and various other physical manifestations from Clarke’s manifestation of the Murdaugh family patriarch, Jason was never going to actually catch up to Alex on the scale.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Much of the fan speculation and manifestation surrounding KATSEYE’s Grammy chances centered on the Best New Artist category.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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The kids of 1962 Derry, Maine, have already been tormented by plenty of gruesome incarnations of IT, the supernatural monster that haunts their town.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Nov. 2025
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It was formerly known, in a previous incarnation, as the Alice Camera.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
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In places like Kemusuk, a village near Yogyakarta where he was born, his image is everywhere – from museum memorabilia celebrating his life to the souvenir T-shirts with his smiling face.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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In this image, Johns sits on a table littered with liquor bottles.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Incorporation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incorporation. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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