variants
also mannikin
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as in model
a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising
the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manikin
Noun
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Despite this, many detainees participated in the classes for camaraderie and the opportunity to engage in some form of creative expression.—
Alexandra Moore,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025 -
Additionally, some supplement forms may not be recommended.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Ye and his wife, the Australian model Bianca Censori, were not kicked off the Grammys 2025 red carpet, despite rumors to the contrary.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
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
Noun
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That figure is almost 200 more than what was afforded to countryman Renato Veiga, another dizzyingly swift loan departure to Juventus in January.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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That figure has ticked up over recent months, despite a series of interest rate cuts at the Federal Reserve.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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
Noun
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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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At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.—
Chris Clarke,
Popular Mechanics,
6 July 2017
Noun
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The company also said that enhanced visual merchandising in stores and the reintroduction of mannequins on the shop floor; cross-category styling ,and styling innovations on the Burberry website also helped to tempt customers.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
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Draping, by the way, is the process of creating a garment by pinning and arranging fabrics directly on a mannequin, or even on a person, which might sound odd but is not at all unusual in high fashion.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Manikin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manikin. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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