Thesaurus results for MANIFESTATIONS

manifestations

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plural of manifestation

as in incarnations

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 manifestations Sports are in the midst of a global makeover from narrow manifestations of tribal interest to mainstays of the monoculture. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 The exhibit, which professes to illustrate storytelling through art in its earliest manifestations, is a jarring introduction to a museum that houses 1,300 original works. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Each playing manifestations of those possibilities are Gabriel Basso, Aaron Pierre and Patrick Schwarzenegger. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Many Hindus today identify as Shaivas, Vaishnavas, or Shaktas, sectarian groups that, respectively, worship Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti as supreme, with all other deities considered as manifestations or subordinates. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Pursued by monstrous entities and confronted by manifestations of human suffering, Dante and Virgil will eventually come face to face with the Devil himself. — Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 But the competition for the Golden Lion and the festival’s other awards is only the start of Venice’s wide-ranging embrace of the art of cinema in its many manifestations. — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 If most people tend to think of the art as the visual or sonic manifestation one encounters, Protocol Art locates the art not in its manifestations but in the work that generates them. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Although there is no moral equivalence between the two, both are manifestations of the same problem. — Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

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No Way Home drew on the superhero's previous film incarnations, bringing them all together as Peter Parker's world collapses.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026
In previous incarnations, the project has included a luxury hotel, apartments and a Frank Gehry museum.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarnations

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But independent analysts warned the pipeline could remain down for weeks, based on satellite images showing significant damage to a pumping station.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
The images were displayed in court as opening statements began Tuesday in a wrongful death case against developer and minority Sacramento Kings owner Phil Oates.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of images

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Others are humanlike avatars that can smile, blink and nod their heads — albeit in a slightly uncanny manner.

— Sophie Caldwell Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
So, isn’t that a risk to human performers who may have AI avatars just mindlessly training themselves off of their performances?

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

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Christopher Riordan worked with a number of Hollywood icons over the course of his career, serving as Elvis Presley‘s main male dancer in six films and also appearing alongside Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Introduced in the 1970s to maintain the open grassy balds, these stocky, sure-footed ponies have become beloved icons.

— Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of icons

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Industry is where innocence goes to die, choked out in bed by various personifications of greed.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
These three deities are thought to be personifications of the Dao who inhabit the highest realms of the Daoist cosmos, far from the dust of day-to-day life.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

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The New York Times first reported Tuesday that two COVID vaccine papers and abstracts of studies on a shingles vaccine were blocked by FDA officials.

— Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 May 2026
In addition, the Times learned that FDA officials did not allow agency scientists to submit two abstracts for studies on Shingrix, a shingles vaccine, to a major drug safety conference.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026

Definition of abstracts

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To experience a thicker, chewier noodle, order the tsukemen (dipping-style ramen) with a broth, as dense as gravy, fusing the essences of pork, chicken and fish.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Common formats include serums, moisturizers and creams, cleansers, essences and toners, and masks.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

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