as in portrait
a depiction of a person
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Recent Examples of effigy
The naked Trump effigy first appeared in Las Vegas early last week.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
One of these fellas had half a mind to burn John Calipari in effigy, or maybe just burn down the house of UK’s veteran coach.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Others are effigy mounds taking the shapes of birds and bears.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Later in our conversation, Grande brings the sequence up again, when describing the film-opening flash-forward sequence in which Galinda, now reigning as Glinda the Good Witch, sets fire to an effigy of Elphaba.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
One of these fellas had half a mind to burn John Calipari in effigy, or maybe just burn down the house of UK’s veteran coach.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Others are effigy mounds taking the shapes of birds and bears.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Later in our conversation, Grande brings the sequence up again, when describing the film-opening flash-forward sequence in which Galinda, now reigning as Glinda the Good Witch, sets fire to an effigy of Elphaba.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effigy
Noun
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The second season of Robert and Michelle King's brilliant, surrealist portrait of life in the Age of Trump often served as a real-time reflection of everything its viewers were feeling: paranoia, rage, disorientation, fear, disbelief, and of course, derangement.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The singer-songwriter’s vivid portrait of a turbulent life.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Ramla’s story is an inspiring portrayal of a woman breaking through societal and cultural expectations to discover her voice and shape her own path.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The show’s vibrant portrayal of macro-level changes experienced by a city in transition is juxtaposed by a tight focus on the close relationships between its characters, especially the deep bond between Book, Trottie and a small number of individuals invited into their inner circle.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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But despite the media blitz projecting images of an unrelenting nationwide sweep, so far, the deportation of migrants is well below the monthly average during the Biden administration, and there is little evidence that ICE is arresting or detaining any more people than usual.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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For example, the site posts the flight path, images, coordinates, maps and information from news sources and social media posts for the Delta flight that rolled over in Toronto Pearson.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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The museum will feature interactive exhibitions and life-sized replicas based on da Vinci’s drawings and sketches.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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One of her graduate students, Katherine Shark, made a replica of the Molyneux gown out of muslin which is part of the exhibit as well.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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With the remaining carbon budget rapidly shrinking, decisive action must replace incremental progress.—
David Carlin,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Rocky worlds orbiting these smaller stars could have rich carbon atmospheres, or even hazes, like Saturn's moon Titan.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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In hindsight, this was Bueckers laying the foundation for her strategy around name, image and likeness (NIL), which the NCAA only started to permit earlier that month.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The trade-off is a climate where big-name coaches can thrive as the transfer portal and name, image and likeness payments disperse talent across a wider array of schools.—
Matt Baker,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Effigy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effigy. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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