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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 mannequins
What are the many festival costumiers and their more-and-less-famous mannequins to do?
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
There were two mannequins, one of the Duchess and one of the Duke.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Soon, the sounds of boards being kicked and mannequins being punched will echo from a former Pilates studio on Palisades Drive.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Faded and delicate, the mannequins were holding them up as much as wearing them.
—Literary Hub, 11 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
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual spring exhibition staged by the Costume Institute, the mannequins ceased being simple mannequins some time ago.
—Vogue, 4 May 2026
Garments on display here include the corsetry of designer Michaela Stark, who posed herself for three of the new mannequins.
—ABC News, 3 May 2026
Perhaps its most prominent feature is a group of new mannequins, based on real people with a wide variety of body types.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
There were two mannequins, one of the Duchess and one of the Duke.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Soon, the sounds of boards being kicked and mannequins being punched will echo from a former Pilates studio on Palisades Drive.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Faded and delicate, the mannequins were holding them up as much as wearing them.
—Literary Hub, 11 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
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual spring exhibition staged by the Costume Institute, the mannequins ceased being simple mannequins some time ago.
—Vogue, 4 May 2026
Garments on display here include the corsetry of designer Michaela Stark, who posed herself for three of the new mannequins.
—ABC News, 3 May 2026
Perhaps its most prominent feature is a group of new mannequins, based on real people with a wide variety of body types.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequins
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The brand is using the milestone to update its core dolls, expand its licensing business, and keep the focus on the original four characters that launched the label in 2001.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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But when it got shortened to Izzy and the plush dolls started coming out, everyone became a little more endearing to this representative of the 1996 Olympics.—
Emily McLeod,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Feinseth believes that Microsoft’s massive capital investments in AI data centers and proprietary models support the bull case.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
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In 90 to 100 percent of the conversations, the models reached the same destination.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Kofman’s article chronicles the path of such ideas from the fringes to the mainstream, outlining their influence on figures such as Peter Thiel, Stephen Miller, and Elon Musk.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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State Department figures show 6,066 — or 99% — of the refugees were from South Africa, while the other three hailed from Afghanistan.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Most notably, the Orion capsule of 2022’s Artemis I mission was outfitted with more than 5,600 radiation sensors, including some placed within two manikins to measure what astronauts might experience.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Key components include three simulation suites with a control room capable of running multiple scenarios simultaneously, five programmable manikins, multiple classrooms and flexible learning spaces, workrooms and an American Heart Association Training Center.—
Mark Mondier,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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More than a dozen city, county and state agencies worked together, deploying drones, using dummies as cadavers, and taking on the roles of victims, triage and others to make the drill as realistic as possible.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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