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as in model
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 mannequin
Faded and delicate, the mannequins were holding them up as much as wearing them.
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Aariana Rose Philip is at the Met Gala for the first time, but a mannequin of her body is already inside the museum.
—Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 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
In one section of the exhibit that highlights fashions on disabled bodies, a mannequin modeled after Sonia Vera was used.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 4 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Aariana Rose Philip is at the Met Gala for the first time, but a mannequin of her body is already inside the museum.
—Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 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
In one section of the exhibit that highlights fashions on disabled bodies, a mannequin modeled after Sonia Vera was used.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for mannequin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequin
Noun
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The thing that first struck Sawyer was his giant collection of dolls.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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The craft class for schoolgirls — including how to fabricate doll furniture — would be continued Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for the duration of the summer.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Anthropic was granted a preliminary injunction in its San Francisco case, allowing government agencies other than the DOD to use Anthropic’s models while the litigation unfolds.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Climate change is producing weather no model has trained on (including changing the behavior of hurricanes).—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Magic starred Hopkins as Corky, a magician who reaches fame alongside his ventriloquist’s dummy, the obnoxious and wisecracking Fats.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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Remember when dummies like me were saying he was overpaid because of the Columbus Tax or whatever?—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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In another test, a human operator guided the robot through movements similar to a massage or medical procedure performed on a manikin.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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On Thursday, paramedics practiced responding to a patient who had drowned in a water park using a pediatric manikin.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequin. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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