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a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others
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Recent Examples of embodiments
Too often, stereotypes about Africa lead us to treat players like Mane as outliers rather than as embodiments of the continent’s spirit.
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Jeremy Ebobisse,
Time,
26 June 2026
The largest open effort to pool this kind of data, Open X-Embodiment, includes more than a million real robot trajectories across 22 robot embodiments and 527 skills.
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Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The system enables a single AI architecture to control robots with different embodiments while coordinating interactions across an entire fleet.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The company has focused in part on making photorealistic embodiments of virtual AI characters, four people said.
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ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Unlike vision and language, robotics lacks large, diverse datasets that span tasks, environments, and embodiments, thus limiting both scalability and generalization.
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IEEE Spectrum,
6 Mar. 2026
Jews are not attacked as individuals but as embodiments of something the crowd has decided must be condemned.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2026
Here are real-life embodiments of our GOAT doing all three on the field.
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Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
Jeremy Ebobisse,
Time,
26 June 2026
The largest open effort to pool this kind of data, Open X-Embodiment, includes more than a million real robot trajectories across 22 robot embodiments and 527 skills.
—
Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The system enables a single AI architecture to control robots with different embodiments while coordinating interactions across an entire fleet.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The company has focused in part on making photorealistic embodiments of virtual AI characters, four people said.
—
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Unlike vision and language, robotics lacks large, diverse datasets that span tasks, environments, and embodiments, thus limiting both scalability and generalization.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Mar. 2026
Jews are not attacked as individuals but as embodiments of something the crowd has decided must be condemned.
—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2026
Here are real-life embodiments of our GOAT doing all three on the field.
—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embodiments
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The persistence of these misconceptions matters because clinicians and the public alike may expect Ebola to look dramatic from the outset, when in reality its early manifestations often resemble many other common infectious diseases.
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The Cane Ridge Revival would become an epochal moment in American religious history, one of the most visible manifestations of what historians would later refer to as the Second Great Awakening.
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Although established names like Nicolas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Josh Hartnett, and Jude Law had been linked with previous incarnations of Superman, Singer opted to cast an unknown, just as Donner had done with the peerless Reeve.
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However, Clayton-Thomas continued working over the decades, both solo and as a member of later incarnations of the band.
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Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
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Second, brighter satellites also create streaks in telescope images that mar observations.
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“Embodiments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embodiments. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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