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as in models
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 mannequins
Pedestrians walk past a Nike store featuring a modern design and mannequins displaying winter apparel on December 5, 2024, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Rodriguez said the mannequins were intended as a political statement reflecting his views on current immigration policy and the country's direction.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The designers threw a party themselves, filling the ballroom at Palazzo Visconti di Modrone with a spiffy crowd of mannequins swilling Champagne, chatting at the dinner table and generally whooping it up.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
According to the program, Naso had 10 mannequins hanging in his garage.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Students also get to use high-tech mannequins that simulate childbirth, and safely practice vital training in a realistic environment.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
But the line is wildly popular—the launch of a collaboration with the street artist KAWS sparked a frenzy in China in 2019, with shoppers crawling under shutters, removing clothes from mannequins, and putting one another in headlocks to get the shirts before they were gone.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 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
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
Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Rodriguez said the mannequins were intended as a political statement reflecting his views on current immigration policy and the country's direction.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The designers threw a party themselves, filling the ballroom at Palazzo Visconti di Modrone with a spiffy crowd of mannequins swilling Champagne, chatting at the dinner table and generally whooping it up.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
According to the program, Naso had 10 mannequins hanging in his garage.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Students also get to use high-tech mannequins that simulate childbirth, and safely practice vital training in a realistic environment.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
But the line is wildly popular—the launch of a collaboration with the street artist KAWS sparked a frenzy in China in 2019, with shoppers crawling under shutters, removing clothes from mannequins, and putting one another in headlocks to get the shirts before they were gone.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequins
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Known for their lifelike eyes and realistic hair that can be braided and styled, American Girl dolls are designed so that every girl can find a look that feels like her own.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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There's something wicked about building horror movies around toys, dolls, and other kid-friendly touchstones; they're bound to entice (and potentially scar) curious young audiences more than usual.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Researchers studied mouse models engineered to overproduce Aβ protein and exhibit cognitive decline resembling Alzheimer’s disease.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Newer Dyson models don't go on sale (and especially not on sale like this) very often, and even without the wet mopping head, this is a great deal.—
Emily Farris,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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This marked a slight increase on figures from August, during which time Moscow claimed to have downed 2,786 Ukrainian drones at an average rate of nearly 90 per day.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Dylan Cease, the talented but mercurial right-hander, will take the mound Wednesday afternoon with what figures to be a short leash.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But for the most part, these competitors were dummies all around, with even the biggest threats deeply flawed or actively annoying in some way.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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The band’s fans gleefully push to the front of their gigs in order to get blasted with any manner of fake bodily fluids that erupt from the towering, cartoonish dummies.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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