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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 mannequins
Infinity Room Visitors stepping into a closet will encounter four Mary mannequins repeating endlessly in opposing mirrors.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 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
Swimming pool events have the competitors rescuing mannequins and towing each other.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
The tourism hub is lined with hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment spots, but the council says lewd messages sprawled across the backsides of storefront mannequins and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts are tarnishing the area’s wholesome image.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
That means big logos and in-your-face branding could be getting more space on runways and store mannequins.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
Training mannequins are tucked into a few beds to help students learn how to treat patients.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 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
Swimming pool events have the competitors rescuing mannequins and towing each other.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
The tourism hub is lined with hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment spots, but the council says lewd messages sprawled across the backsides of storefront mannequins and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts are tarnishing the area’s wholesome image.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
That means big logos and in-your-face branding could be getting more space on runways and store mannequins.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
Training mannequins are tucked into a few beds to help students learn how to treat patients.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequins
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The deals range from headbands and plush dolls for $3 apiece to hats and souvenir sipper cups for $5 each.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Labubu dolls, of course, are imported from China, and South Park found a way to tie that craze into doll sacrifices to summon Satan (and Trump by proxy).—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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An optional front rack on both models adds instant utility without marring the retro-fantastic looks.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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While some companies train these models on religious texts and consult theologians about fine-tuning responses, it's widely known (and even admitted by the companies that make them) that these AI models trend toward outputs that validate users' feelings and ideas.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her comments come as Democrats face a leadership crossroads in Washington, with long-serving figures under scrutiny and younger candidates pushing for change.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of timepiece brands increased their prices, too, in response to those initial tariff figures back in April, according to Hodinkee.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Still, as Mann says, members of Gen Z are no dummies.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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But the claim here isn’t that the Snakes are baseball dummies and the Padres are baseball geniuses.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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