instantiated

verb

past tense of instantiate
as in embodied
to represent in visible form his imposing mansion is intended to instantiate for visitors his staggering success as an entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of instantiated Provision and register agent identities when instantiated and decommission them immediately after use. — Eric Olden, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instantiated
  1. embodied
  2. expressed
  3. incorporated
Verb
  • The whole busker-to-recording star has a filmic rags-to-riches quality even before Hansard meta-ishly embodied it in the film.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Jantar Mantar, the protest site in Delhi, embodied an aesthetic of collective transgression.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of embodied
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  • The entire Board of Education has expressed support for lobbying for additional state money.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Stitt expressed confidence that states would hold elections without federal intervention while noting his support for the voting bill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of expressed
Verb
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is incorporated evenly and blend again on high for another 3 minutes.
    — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The showrunner, Ira Parker, recently told THR that Martin gave him unpublished pages of Dunk and Egg’s adventures that were incorporated into the scripts.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of incorporated

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“Instantiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instantiated. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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