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
Its early manifestations frequently surface in other clinics.
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Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
Several legislators declined to take an official stance and critics of the proposal say that the telework bill is a manifestation of labor’s pervasive influence in the Capitol.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The pipeline should be understood as a manifestation of this shift.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
There are a few different ways to interpret this most recent manifestation of the Administration’s talent for hypocrisy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
Several legislators declined to take an official stance and critics of the proposal say that the telework bill is a manifestation of labor’s pervasive influence in the Capitol.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The pipeline should be understood as a manifestation of this shift.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
There are a few different ways to interpret this most recent manifestation of the Administration’s talent for hypocrisy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestation
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Although Daisy does not have any lines in the film, the video game incarnation of her is known to be energetic and feisty.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene Set back from Via del Corso, one of Rome’s main arteries, this former noble palazzo, the 15th-century Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, was also a bank before its present incarnation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The images of that crash were shared widely online and caught Noah Williams' attention, triggering painful memories and taking him back to the day his own life changed forever.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Iranian officials told civilians to be on the lookout for survivors and have flooded social media with images that purport to show wreckage from the aircraft.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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This term was adopted and adapted in the modern digital age to mean an online graphic representation of a computer user—a digital avatar.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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The avatar remembers everything, stores their entire personal history, catches every joke, and responds with flattering warmth.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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It had been mounted on a small platform, which bore a little icon of a pair of feet inside a backslash circle, as though stepping into a guillotine were every museumgoer’s wish.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Swift pays homage to Taylor with clips from the Hollywood icon’s classic films and archival footage of the A-list actress’ dazzling life in the spotlight.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the final few years, my dad somehow kept his essence.—
Ashley Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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The true essence of it for me and the program is there has to be a level of connectivity to make up for the lack of things other people may have.—
Brian Robin,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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In Greek mythology, Kairos is the personification of opportunity or a decisive moment.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
1 Apr. 2026
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On the south side sits a figure depicting history; on the north, a bare-breasted personification of Iowa that was quite controversial at the time.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI’s founders vowed not to privilege speed over safety, and the organization’s articles of incorporation made benefitting humanity a legally binding duty.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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One of the most compelling aspects of the exhibition is its incorporation of a living oral history archive.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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If a company dumps toxic waste into a local river and your children get sick and die, there is no value lost, there are no damages, no liability—the ultimate rationale for Milton Friedman’s externalization of costs.—
Andrew Behar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Art is an externalization of our imagination and need to express ourselves.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Manifestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestation. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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