as in to embody
to represent in visible form
an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions
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Recent Examples of externalize
Fashion, hairstyles, jewelry, and makeup are still changes that allow a person to externalize their current emotions through their appearance.
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Audrey Botta, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
But the experience can also be externalized—a nighttime picnic to stargaze (bring along MASAH Chakra Caramels), a sound bath, breathwork session or Float Sessions with Frequency Healing can all appeal to their love of transformation.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Baked into every Bitcoin, then, is some amount of value that has been externalized—effectively stolen—from society writ large.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
For internal communications professionals, this step might involve partnering with ghostwriters to help your subject-matter experts externalize their thinking or running workshops to help experts hone their writing skills.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Audrey Botta, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
But the experience can also be externalized—a nighttime picnic to stargaze (bring along MASAH Chakra Caramels), a sound bath, breathwork session or Float Sessions with Frequency Healing can all appeal to their love of transformation.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Baked into every Bitcoin, then, is some amount of value that has been externalized—effectively stolen—from society writ large.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
For internal communications professionals, this step might involve partnering with ghostwriters to help your subject-matter experts externalize their thinking or running workshops to help experts hone their writing skills.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalize
Verb
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These leadership roles embody his dedication to knowledge sharing within the industry.—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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In fact, Saira’s ongoing battle with anxiety is one of the film’s strengths, using the unlimited scope of animation to embody mental illness in a very physical and relatable way.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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Shoppers, residents and employees of the upscale outdoor mall said the fatal attack has prompted some safety concerns but largely expressed confidence in Santana Row’s safety.—
Caelyn Pender,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Calarco, who is also the author of Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net, said women are becoming increasingly aware that even when liberal men express egalitarian beliefs, many of them are willing to abandon them when push comes to shove.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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For instance: increasing your repetitions, incorporating tools like exercise bands or finding increasingly harder versions of your exercises, like putting your legs on a chair to make a push-up more difficult.—
Christie Aschwanden,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Creaming the butter helps incorporate air into the batter, for a fluffier product.—
Amanda Holstein,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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And this pattern is starting to manifest itself across industries.—
William Purvis,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Not just the one that’s easily treated, but the one that never manifests itself.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2025
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Peck’s car wasn’t only a grand tourer, it was bodied by the famed Carrozzeria Ghia in Turin, rather than Pininfarina.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2025
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But aside from Larkin bodying him on the first goal and Edvinsson blocking his shot out to Copp for the SH goal, what struck me the most was how the Wings’ PK changes since McLellan took over worked against him specifically.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Externalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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