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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 mannequin
Thermal chambers replicate the effects of heat and humidity on apparel donned by people or robot mannequins.
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Claire Rush,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Thermal chambers replicate the effects of heat and humidity on apparel donned by people or robot mannequins.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Next to a limp rack of sleeveless tops stands a postapocalyptic forager-warrior mannequin in jeans, a faded plaid shirt, and a black baseball cap from the plus-size-women’s brand Torrid.
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Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Claire Rush,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Thermal chambers replicate the effects of heat and humidity on apparel donned by people or robot mannequins.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Next to a limp rack of sleeveless tops stands a postapocalyptic forager-warrior mannequin in jeans, a faded plaid shirt, and a black baseball cap from the plus-size-women’s brand Torrid.
—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequin
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There’s no way the doll monsters at the pond were the whole point of the Lake of Tears, right?
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The brand has seen its fair share of criticism in regards to doll diversity.
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Open-source and open-weight models make different parts of an AI model available for developers to inspect, use and sometimes modify.
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Unlike some folding bikes – including popular models from Brompton and Birdy – which come with small 16-inch wheels, the Tetra gets 20-inchers for greater comfort over a variety of road surfaces.
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Beating one defender with a dummy, Belghali slalomed infield before beating Alexander Schlager with a high near-post finish, rifled into the Austria net.
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The current dummy, dating back in part to 2001, is constructed from 116 rubber discs connected by steel parts all held together by a frame of wires and supported overhead by a separate metal structure.
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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.
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On Thursday, paramedics practiced responding to a patient who had drowned in a water park using a pediatric manikin.
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequin. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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