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a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising
mannequins striding down the catwalk in the designer's spring collection
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Recent Examples of mannequin
The lungs of the people there exploded from the air pressure when the bombs hit; many of them are intact, but look like mannequins.
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
The episode hinges on Novak’s ability to sell Nandor’s transformation from seemingly addled while lecturing a warehouse full of mannequins, to roguishly determined when commanding his followers to set Dartmouth University on fire.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
So, using old clothes, fabrics and mannequins, residents have stitched together their own population of puppets to keep them company.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Linking Moran's Pub to the movie Inside the pub are mannequins of some of the major characters including suited up Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield ― played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, respectively.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
The episode hinges on Novak’s ability to sell Nandor’s transformation from seemingly addled while lecturing a warehouse full of mannequins, to roguishly determined when commanding his followers to set Dartmouth University on fire.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
So, using old clothes, fabrics and mannequins, residents have stitched together their own population of puppets to keep them company.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Linking Moran's Pub to the movie Inside the pub are mannequins of some of the major characters including suited up Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield ― played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, respectively.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannequin
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Advertisement Mattel moved to pull the dolls from online retailers and stores including Target, one of Universal’s retail partners on the movie.Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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The mistake appeared on the singing dolls based on Wicked's main characters Elphaba and Glinda, played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the film.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Under Biggest Threats of Extreme Fire Celebrity Homes Under 'Significant Threat' From Malibu Franklin Fire Pepperdine has historically used the shelter-in-place model, according to Gash.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The idea is that adding more computing power and more data guarantees better models to an infinite degree.Deirdre Bosa,Jasmine Wu, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.Diana Kruzman, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequin. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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