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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
Accuracy in the mannequins’ proportions was essential, Wu said, noting how dramatically body sizes shifted across eras.
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
Petite Studio not only develops patterns expressly for petites, using specific mannequins, but also fits and photographs petite models with different body types.
—Yerin Kim, InStyle, 3 June 2026
What are the many festival costumiers and their more-and-less-famous mannequins to do?
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
There were two mannequins, one of the Duchess and one of the Duke.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Soon, the sounds of boards being kicked and mannequins being punched will echo from a former Pilates studio on Palisades Drive.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Faded and delicate, the mannequins were holding them up as much as wearing them.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
These include pregnant bodies, aging bodies and more — and will be displayed in a variety of mannequins that are new for this year.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual spring exhibition staged by the Costume Institute, the mannequins ceased being simple mannequins some time ago.
—Vogue, 4 May 2026
Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
Petite Studio not only develops patterns expressly for petites, using specific mannequins, but also fits and photographs petite models with different body types.
—Yerin Kim, InStyle, 3 June 2026
What are the many festival costumiers and their more-and-less-famous mannequins to do?
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
There were two mannequins, one of the Duchess and one of the Duke.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Soon, the sounds of boards being kicked and mannequins being punched will echo from a former Pilates studio on Palisades Drive.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Faded and delicate, the mannequins were holding them up as much as wearing them.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
These include pregnant bodies, aging bodies and more — and will be displayed in a variety of mannequins that are new for this year.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual spring exhibition staged by the Costume Institute, the mannequins ceased being simple mannequins some time ago.
—Vogue, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequins
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Themed products such as Uno, Monopoly, and dolls tied to the film have been released, with more to come.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Morgan reshared two Stories from midwife Lindsey Meeheis, the first being a sweet photo of Emmy taking her baby dolls for a walk in a stroller.—
Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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When dozens of banks rely on the same foundation models, trained on the same datasets, optimized with the same techniques, their decisions can become correlated in dangerous ways.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The company said the referenced legacy router models reached End of Service and Life status several years ago.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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The figures involved in setting up the fight are Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Al-Sheikh, Ring Magazine and Saudi entertainment group Sela as well as broadcaster Netflix.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The project, the National Garden of American Heroes, is slated to feature 250 statues of historical figures from America’s past who have contributed to the nation's cultural, scientific, economic, and political heritage, commemorating the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Most notably, the Orion capsule of 2022’s Artemis I mission was outfitted with more than 5,600 radiation sensors, including some placed within two manikins to measure what astronauts might experience.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
31 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
Noun
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There have been a few dummies doing dumb stuff around the finals.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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More than a dozen city, county and state agencies worked together, deploying drones, using dummies as cadavers, and taking on the roles of victims, triage and others to make the drill as realistic as possible.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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