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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
But Franc Fernandez, the designer of the dress that is today on display at the Park MGM in Las Vegas, had worked three long days to create it, draping butcher cuts on a mannequin torso.
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Steve Knopper, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Fast, simple, and effective Tests with mannequins and cadavers showed the SRIS could work both safely and fast.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Their memories of that day would fill books and articles for decades to come, and none of them would describe anything resembling a mannequin.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Winocour does better with some of the specifics, like the red adhesive biopsy strips placed around Maxine’s breasts, mirroring the patterning tape on mannequins in the workshop.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Steve Knopper, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Fast, simple, and effective Tests with mannequins and cadavers showed the SRIS could work both safely and fast.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Their memories of that day would fill books and articles for decades to come, and none of them would describe anything resembling a mannequin.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Winocour does better with some of the specifics, like the red adhesive biopsy strips placed around Maxine’s breasts, mirroring the patterning tape on mannequins in the workshop.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequin
Noun
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There will be a piñata and crafting, including Lele dolls, carnival masks and pipe cleaner chameleons.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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The doll and three-story playset — both of which Gaines helped to design — will both be available to purchase at Target, in stores and online.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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And what better way to do that than to get dolled up and be surrounded by models?—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Intel is behind in both cutting-edge AI chips and more prosaic models used in mobile phones, which cost it Apple’s Mac business back in 2020.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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After a delightful dummy past Gravenberch, Grealish set up a chance from which Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall should at least have hit the target.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Harold Lloyd is the title rookie who gets to Tate University looking for football glory and maybe a girlfriend, too, and quickly becomes the resident tackling dummy in a template for sports and college comedies that followed.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequin. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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