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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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Extolling the power of the form, Salles took to the Criterion Closet recently to share his appreciation for a number of films that have shaped him as an artist and continue to inspire.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
18 Jan. 2025 -
As climate disasters continue to happen more frequently—and the world faces a new potential pandemic in the form of bird flu—business looks extremely good for wellness influencers adept at turning disease and disasters into marketing hooks.—
Anna Merlan,
WIRED,
18 Jan. 2025
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Maryland mandates that 43% of vehicles sold by Maryland auto dealers be electric in the 2027 model year that starts the summer of 2026.—
David T. Stevenson,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2025
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Embed Sustainability Into The Business Model Start by embedding sustainability into your business model.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In the Season 1 intro, the only figure occupying the landscape is Mark.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The 13x figure is lower than the stock’s average P/E ratio of 17x over the last five years.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, the late singer has been honored with her very own Barbie doll.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
16 Jan. 2025
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The film stars Jessica Biel as Linda, a woman who hires a babysitter to care for her baby who is actually a doll.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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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
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
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