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mannequin

noun

ˈma-ni-kən

Definition of mannequin

as in doll

a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes the mannequin over there looks so real

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as in model

a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising mannequins striding down the catwalk in the designer's spring collection

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Recent Examples of mannequin The original room also has mannequins showing off fashion-forward outfits from the winners of the Liberty Fabrics x Graduate Fashion Foundation Competition, with lots of lovely clashing patterns and textures. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 Many of the mannequins loom high above us, an army of chic automatons. — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 Once on the other side, the hand turns out to belong to a mannequin, standing next to a ship steering wheel. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 3 July 2026 That’s nothing new, but the way in which the new installation will do so is rather unconventional—through mannequins dressed in flowers. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mannequin

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The only other guests were our daughter’s dolls and stuffed animals.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
The suspect’s mask was similar to the Chucky doll from the Child’s Play horror movies, the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) said in a statement.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

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These were followed by black- and silver-dial models retaining the dual-color bezel.

— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026
Shortly after, Claude developer Anthropic said its AI models hacked into the systems of three organizations independently during a private security experiment.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

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Dubbed Zohar and Helga, the manikins — each a life-size 3 feet from head to lower torso — were strapped into the passenger seats of NASA’s Orion capsule.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
In another test, a human operator guided the robot through movements similar to a massage or medical procedure performed on a manikin.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026

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