Thesaurus results for MANIFESTATION

manifestation

noun

ˌma-nə-fə-ˈstā-shən

Definition of manifestation

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 In Salento, each town nestled into a shallow valley or slim rise has its own dialectal name for the almond in its varied manifestations—as tree, as fruit, as orchard. — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026 Your question is a manifestation of handwringing, and so, yeah, a lot of people don’t pay attention to it, and that’s okay, and a lot of people do, and that’s better. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026 Meta’s compute business is also the latest manifestation of the circular economy in the AI race, like SpaceX’s recent decision to rent out data center space to Anthropic. — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 1 July 2026 Google is framing this not as a manifestation of its anticompetitive bent, but as genuine concern for user privacy. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for manifestation

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Fans of the graphic novel series may notice the storyline is not exactly what’s in the 2015 novella — a choice that made sense for their screen incarnations, says Oseman.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
The previous incarnation of District 20 has been historically geared to elect Democrats and African Americans.

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026

Definition of incarnation

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Andrew Tate faces 42 charges, including rape, human trafficking, indecent images of a child and assault, according to the UK Crown Prosecution Service and Bedfordshire Police.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The lawsuit alleges that Sheriff Robert Luna failed to confiscate Giandomenico’s phone after learning of the photos and tried to conceal from Nancy Lemus that the images existed.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of image

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Last seen in Moon Knight (2022), where Marc and Steven believed they had been released from Khonshu, though the post-credit scene revealed Jake Lockley remained his avatar.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Since leaving the band the War on Drugs, in 2008, Vile has become a solo avatar for psychedelic guitar music, his rich catalogue easygoing and nonchalant, but also sprawling.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of avatar

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Klopp quickly became an icon in Merseyside after a transformative nine years with the club.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Tim Mendelson, her longtime executive assistant, friend and co-trustee of her estate, recalls a toy store pitstop during a visit to New York City as the late icon was announcing her 1991 fragrance, White Diamonds.

— Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of icon

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That never crossed my mind before, but now in 2026, our reggaeton, our essence and our sound has become important in Mexico and even more so on a Latino level.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
But that all seems to funnel into these six tracks, mixing momentum and wisdom to arrive at the essence of the pedal steel—extreme highs, extreme lows, the expanse in between, out where life is lived.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Definition of essence

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Commander Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) returns to educate the next generation of cadets, with Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta) becoming the personification of Ake’s attempt to fix a mistake from her past.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 25 July 2026
Industry is where innocence goes to die, choked out in bed by various personifications of greed.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of personification

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As evidenced by Apple’s incorporation of Google’s Gemini into its Siri product, no business can remain great by providing a subpar product.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Impact Sac’s articles of incorporation list Terry Schneider as CEO, Courtney Schneider as CFO and Paris Dye as director.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of incorporation

Noun

Regardless, there’s a clear symbolism to Clark empathizing and embracing a bloated externalization of his own inchoate fury until someone with an outside perspective disturbs his peace, and that fury breaks loose and devours him.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026
The trade-off for that short-term satisfaction is the externalization of a thinking process that used to live inside a junior associate’s head.

— Jeff Raikes, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of externalization

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