instantiations

noun

plural of instantiation
as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) a generation that regarded Susan Sontag as the instantiation of the modern urban intellectual

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  1. manifestations
  2. images
  3. incarnations
Noun
  • All over the French capital, shop owners and restaurateurs have boarded up their windows against les manifestations—protests over a lack of education funding which have frequently devolved into rioting.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of manifestations
Noun
  • Mobile service vehicles for the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office feature jumbo images of Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez, a Republican who was also elected in 2024.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • But as far as photographing on the street, [those images] are marked by a certain distance from people or solitary figures in a vast landscape, that sort of thing.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of images
Noun
  • The Furby, a robotic plush toy that has undergone many incarnations since its invention interacts with its owners and even farts.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The trick to enjoying the latest incarnations of great British TV detectives?
    — Bobby Ghosh, Air Mail, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of incarnations
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