Thesaurus results for MANIFESTATIONS

manifestations

noun

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 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 Perhaps one of the clearest manifestations of the destination’s modern identity is the famed Fairmont Chateau Whistler, which was voted the best resort in Canada in Travel + Leisure’s 2026 World’s Best Awards. — Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper’s exploration of the many manifestations of symbiotic collaboration. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 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

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In previous incarnations, the project has included a luxury hotel, apartments and a Frank Gehry museum.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Heisenberg and Schrödinger had come up with two radically different incarnations of one theory.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarnations

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The trove of women’s bloomers, drawers, knickers, brassieres, corsets, and girdles is just a small part of the school’s historic clothing collection, with images shared by the University of Wyoming Libraries via JSTOR.

— April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026
Her paintings, like her images, feel like moving through a fog made of glass and wood, chaos and restraint, Lilith in a Victorian steel mill.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of images

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Consumers have been exposed to a very large number of new icons, many of which are not necessarily differentiated enough from what came before.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
If a group chat has become a swamp of half-answers and reaction icons, step in with a quick summary.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2026

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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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