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a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness
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Recent Examples of incarnations
In all, 12 Terrells have worked at AT&T or its various incarnations.
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Thomas C. Zambito, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
There have been several incarnations since, all with shapeshifting powers that transform their drippy clay body structures; all have been adversaries of Batman.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
Some of the tracks seem designed to remind listeners of his older, less incendiary incarnations.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Future incarnations will be in the form of seasonal specials, Markle said last year, and her spokesperson told Variety.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Houses such as Boucheron and Chaumet gave new incarnations to elements mined from their deep archives, whether a signature motif or even a historic address.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
The house then went through a couple of incarnations, owned by different families, before family-run Uga Escapes—whose show-stopping properties, span Anuradhapura to Yala National Park—took it over.
—Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
The original cast had changed the medium, and there had already been a couple of incarnations to follow.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Thomas C. Zambito, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
There have been several incarnations since, all with shapeshifting powers that transform their drippy clay body structures; all have been adversaries of Batman.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
Some of the tracks seem designed to remind listeners of his older, less incendiary incarnations.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Future incarnations will be in the form of seasonal specials, Markle said last year, and her spokesperson told Variety.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Houses such as Boucheron and Chaumet gave new incarnations to elements mined from their deep archives, whether a signature motif or even a historic address.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
The house then went through a couple of incarnations, owned by different families, before family-run Uga Escapes—whose show-stopping properties, span Anuradhapura to Yala National Park—took it over.
—Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
The original cast had changed the medium, and there had already been a couple of incarnations to follow.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarnations
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This entry further defines community radio and then discusses its origins and its manifestations throughout the world.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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These multiple manifestations of the same background body can take circular arrangements, or Einstein Rings, and can also appear as rarer Einstein Crosses.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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These avatars are increasingly popular across industries, according to Joe Ciarallo, a spokesman for Synthesia, the company that produced Cohen’s digital twin.—
Taylor Lorenz,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI now offers distinct personality presets for its voice mode; companies such as Synthesia and HeyGen generate lifelike avatars to interact with customers; and companion platforms are adding emotional expression and voice cloning so the models sound like a person the user wants to be close to.—
Tamilla Triantoro,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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Content created by users has come to account for or shape much of the information, images, and videos that users encounter online, whether via social media or other sites.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, April 26, Kardashian, 41, shared a carousel of sweet images on Instagram featuring snaps of her with her daughter True, 8, and son Tatum, 3, at Disneyland.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Incarnations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarnations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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