as in incarnation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
a portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love
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Recent Examples of manifestation
Inside the park, attendees can roam through physical manifestations of Nintendo games, including the Mushroom Kingdom and Donkey Kong Country.
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Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Her mom has trouble with intimate relationships and is sort of like a boy crazy mom, and Taylor's the one that's seeing the manifestation of that, and essentially comforting her mother and trying to help her.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Psych 101 The Unexpected Symptoms of O.C.D. Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Business Value Delivery On The Go (Self-Reimbursement) The Zen of enterprise storage would not be complete without a clear manifestation of the payback of buying an enterprise-grade storage system.
—Eric Herzog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Her mom has trouble with intimate relationships and is sort of like a boy crazy mom, and Taylor's the one that's seeing the manifestation of that, and essentially comforting her mother and trying to help her.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Psych 101 The Unexpected Symptoms of O.C.D. Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Business Value Delivery On The Go (Self-Reimbursement) The Zen of enterprise storage would not be complete without a clear manifestation of the payback of buying an enterprise-grade storage system.
—Eric Herzog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestation
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The sitcom veteran, having had a Warner Bros. deal for around 25 years, brushed aside Warner Bros. Discovery earlier in the day announcing plans to split into two companies after earlier incarnations as Time Warner and Discovery.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
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Wheel begins its 43rd season in September, while Jeopardy will be headed into its 42nd season in its current incarnation.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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Any federal agent using Clearview or an alternative can take the same footage and run facial images to find matches across photos scraped from social sites.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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All circled the same themes: surveillance, body image, sadism, hyperfemininity, male (heterosexual) desire and women’s obligation to fulfill it.—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Through it all, June has been our avatar and guide.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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When the Arizona Supreme Court handed down its ruling in a pair of arson and DUI cases this month, the announcement on its website wasn’t delivered by a judge or spokesperson, but instead by two AI avatars that are virtually indistinguishable from real people.—
Kevin Nious,
NBC news,
29 May 2025
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Their performance is judged by a rotating panel of experts and global icons—from women’s football leaders to climate scientists—who bring credibility and visibility to the movement.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Captain and global football icon Lionel Messi will lead an underperforming squad into the tournament that hopes to advance out of Group A, which includes Porto from Portugal, Brazil’s Palmeiras and Egyptian side Al Ahly.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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That really captured the essence of the dark ages and the medieval world.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Quotable Time is of the essence for these students.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Its figures are exemplary, their motivations too stripped-down for anything like ideological personification—just man, woman, animal.—
Nicholas Dames,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Unable to keep still and reluctant to pause, the 49-year-old came across as the aural and visual personification of someone who lives and breathes music every waking hour.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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More than 5,000 research abstracts were presented or published at ASCO by pharmaceutical giants, biotech companies, researchers and oncologists.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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For a long time our discussions about AI have been dominated by the abstract, focusing on algorithms and data sets, reasoning and coding.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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However, the current dynamics may give an edge to arguments for incorporation that might appeal to voters in La Jolla and across San Diego.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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That’s just the scenario cityhood proponents railed against in their successful drive for Malibu incorporation in 1990.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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“Manifestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestation. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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