as in incarnation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
a portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love
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Recent Examples of manifestation
Inside the park, attendees can roam through physical manifestations of Nintendo games, including the Mushroom Kingdom and Donkey Kong Country.
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Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Her mom has trouble with intimate relationships and is sort of like a boy crazy mom, and Taylor's the one that's seeing the manifestation of that, and essentially comforting her mother and trying to help her.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Psych 101 The Unexpected Symptoms of O.C.D. Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Business Value Delivery On The Go (Self-Reimbursement) The Zen of enterprise storage would not be complete without a clear manifestation of the payback of buying an enterprise-grade storage system.
—Eric Herzog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Her mom has trouble with intimate relationships and is sort of like a boy crazy mom, and Taylor's the one that's seeing the manifestation of that, and essentially comforting her mother and trying to help her.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Psych 101 The Unexpected Symptoms of O.C.D. Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Business Value Delivery On The Go (Self-Reimbursement) The Zen of enterprise storage would not be complete without a clear manifestation of the payback of buying an enterprise-grade storage system.
—Eric Herzog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestation
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The current incarnation of Google Photos was not Google's first image management platform, but it's been a big success.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Landau was right: The films and the TV show (both its ’60s incarnation and its 1988 revival, which isn’t streaming) are different beasts.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Time and time again, the AI spit out images that were strikingly, unmistakably...—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The Ivy League institution previously housed the images, believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved African people in the United States, in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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Rihanna, always a trendsetter, made a subtle update to her long-time stick figure avatar on Instagram by adding blonde hair—a change her fans definitely noticed.—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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Meyer’s stroke of genius was to make her lead vampire an avatar of self-sacrifice and bodily temperance.—
Bruce Handy,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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Their performance is judged by a rotating panel of experts and global icons—from women’s football leaders to climate scientists—who bring credibility and visibility to the movement.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Captain and global football icon Lionel Messi will lead an underperforming squad into the tournament that hopes to advance out of Group A, which includes Porto from Portugal, Brazil’s Palmeiras and Egyptian side Al Ahly.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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That really captured the essence of the dark ages and the medieval world.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Quotable Time is of the essence for these students.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Its figures are exemplary, their motivations too stripped-down for anything like ideological personification—just man, woman, animal.—
Nicholas Dames,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Unable to keep still and reluctant to pause, the 49-year-old came across as the aural and visual personification of someone who lives and breathes music every waking hour.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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For a long time our discussions about AI have been dominated by the abstract, focusing on algorithms and data sets, reasoning and coding.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Although the freedom of using inexpensive digital video had inspired the project, Jia mixes and matches media throughout Caught by the Tides, leading to a tapestry of cinematic textures that begins to border on the abstract.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
17 May 2025
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Given the fusion of spending and regulation in governance, regulations influence macroeconomic variables, including government revenue, and merit explicit incorporation into reconciliation in a replacement to the governing Byrd Rule.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Prime’s purpose as an organization is to provide services to Elite, according to Prime’s articles of incorporation and tax filings.—
Kristen Taketa,
Mercury News,
27 May 2025
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“Manifestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestation. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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