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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
Even the mannequins showing off clothes to buy were absent.
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Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
The goal of the show was to blow up 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate to knock the socks off a mannequin positioned near the explosion.
—Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Ford uses high-tech mannequins inside the vehicle that can measure sound coming from all directions, and accelerometers are positioned on the floor pan and the seats.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
My face is contoured, gorgeously lit, smooth as a mannequin’s.
—Susan Choi, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
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Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
The goal of the show was to blow up 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate to knock the socks off a mannequin positioned near the explosion.
—Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Ford uses high-tech mannequins inside the vehicle that can measure sound coming from all directions, and accelerometers are positioned on the floor pan and the seats.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
My face is contoured, gorgeously lit, smooth as a mannequin’s.
—Susan Choi, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for mannequin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequin
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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
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The speed of a watercraft depends on the model and its engines, with entry-level craft reaching 40 to 50 mph and mid-range models averaging from 50 to 70 mph, according to Riva Motorsports Miami, a personal watercraft dealer.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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This refers to unauthorized influence over the model’s behavior, decision boundaries or access mechanisms.—
Wendy Chin,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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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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Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.—
Diana Kruzman,
USA TODAY,
6 July 2017
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequin. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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