variants
also mannikin
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as in model
a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising
the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manikin
Noun
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This treatment comes in the form of unique traditions, athlete stories, and pivotal moments.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025 -
How about a surprise appearance form Slim Shady himself at the New York premiere of the Stans movie?—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Choose between a model with a permanent filter made of metal or one that uses paper filters.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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It has since been used as a model to help scientists study the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can similarly cause genital warts and lead to certain types of cancer.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But more than a decade later, recent smartphone sales and shipment figures signal that the Apple-Samsung fight has returned.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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The figures do not include the unknown number of Palestinians from Gaza detained in the past nearly two years of war.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pop Mart pulled the dolls from all U.K. stores following reports of customers fighting over them earlier this year.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That's pretty vague, but a season 2 teaser highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.—
Chris Clarke,
Popular Mechanics,
6 July 2017
Noun
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Briggs had placed six inflatable mannequins across the face of the six-yard box.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Hundreds of teaspoons covered the floor, dozens of cocktail glasses were suspended from a dinner jacket and red arms with white fur fingernails reached out from the wall towards a mannequin’s head that was a mass of red roses.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
21 July 2025
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“Manikin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manikin. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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