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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
For the study published this month, an adult pedestrian mannequin in a crosswalk wore reflective strips similar to what construction workers wear for visibility.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Before opening Peligro’s doors, a display window greets customers with two mannequins decked out in the full uniforms of Dominican baseball titans Águilas and Licey, the island nation’s two most popular teams and LIDOM’s most intense rivalry.
—David Betancourt, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Students will use virtual reality headsets, mannequins and other medical devices to practice skills without risk.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
In one of his many tricks to thwart home invaders Larry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), Kevin places mannequins in the windows to give the impression of a party.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Before opening Peligro’s doors, a display window greets customers with two mannequins decked out in the full uniforms of Dominican baseball titans Águilas and Licey, the island nation’s two most popular teams and LIDOM’s most intense rivalry.
—David Betancourt, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Students will use virtual reality headsets, mannequins and other medical devices to practice skills without risk.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
In one of his many tricks to thwart home invaders Larry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), Kevin places mannequins in the windows to give the impression of a party.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mannequin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequin
Noun
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At one point, a sleepy Pekingese took notice of Alice’s baby doll.—
Chloe Malle,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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And, for a spell in the nineteen-eighties, Lynch kept a proto-ricky group of identical Woody Woodpecker dolls in his office, named Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, and Dan.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg Tesla registered fewer cars in California in all four quarters of 2024, as sales of its second-most important model plunged 36% for the year.—
Bloomberg,
Orange County Register,
3 Feb. 2025
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This model is equipped with 3D LiDAR sensors and a depth camera for 360-degree environment scanning.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Feb. 2025
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.—
Diana Kruzman,
USA TODAY,
6 July 2017
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequin. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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