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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
Most hospital training labs use basic dummies or simple mannequins to teach medical skills.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Models strutting in retro pouffy wigs (the models literally look like ’60s mannequins), shirts with giant buttons, leather pants that look four sizes too huge.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
The designers are creating installations with fresh flowers and mannequins to bring a burst of spring color to the mall’s corridors.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
With their gaping open mouths, the Free Eden mannequins have scary-clown energy.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Stella crossed the street and loitered outside the store window displaying haughty mannequins flaunting swagger coats.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The young players were set three ‘skills’ tasks; the first was a dribbling one, between mannequins, the second a short passing drill involving small goals and the third was ball juggling, or ‘keepy-uppies’ — as they’re colloquially referred to.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The silhouettes, presented custom mannequins cast from a sculpture of Talley by SCAD alum Stephen Hayes, will include pieces from Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga, John Galliano-era Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermès and Roger Vivier.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
There’s something creepy about department store mannequins.
—Kelli Skye Fadroski, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Models strutting in retro pouffy wigs (the models literally look like ’60s mannequins), shirts with giant buttons, leather pants that look four sizes too huge.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
The designers are creating installations with fresh flowers and mannequins to bring a burst of spring color to the mall’s corridors.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
With their gaping open mouths, the Free Eden mannequins have scary-clown energy.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Stella crossed the street and loitered outside the store window displaying haughty mannequins flaunting swagger coats.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
The young players were set three ‘skills’ tasks; the first was a dribbling one, between mannequins, the second a short passing drill involving small goals and the third was ball juggling, or ‘keepy-uppies’ — as they’re colloquially referred to.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The silhouettes, presented custom mannequins cast from a sculpture of Talley by SCAD alum Stephen Hayes, will include pieces from Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga, John Galliano-era Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermès and Roger Vivier.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
There’s something creepy about department store mannequins.
—Kelli Skye Fadroski, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequins
Noun
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Lizzy's dolls eventually become brown with dirt.—
KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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In an expansion of its business of processing pharmaceuticals in Earth’s orbit, Varda Space Industries is renting a large El Segundo plant where toy manufacturer Mattel used to design Hot Wheels and Barbie dolls.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Unlike CO₂-based models, these atmospheres avoid collapse.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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According to reports, the Pentagon told Anthropic to remove the safety guardrails from its models — including restrictions on domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons — or lose its government contract.—
Andrew Rasiej,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Democrats strongly opposed Kent's confirmation because of his past ties to far-right figures and conspiracy theories.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Center for American Progress, a left-leaning policy institute, questioned those figures and pointed to analyses predicting a more modest $331 to $748 increase.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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Key components include three simulation suites with a control room capable of running multiple scenarios simultaneously, five programmable manikins, multiple classrooms and flexible learning spaces, workrooms and an American Heart Association Training Center.—
Mark Mondier,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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By the end, Moral Orel was not using caricatures to spoof these dummies and the whole concept of religion but looking deeply at them and seeing flawed, but perhaps not irredeemable, people.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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After Saturday’s glam — quarterbacks threw passes to smooth-moving receivers while running backs dodged tackling dummies — Sunday offers a dose of grit.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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