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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 mannequins
The store has a homey feel, too, with mannequins sitting on furniture or leaning against the windowsill.
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Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
The Monday event was held in Baptist Health College's simulation laboratory -- a hospital ward populated with a dozen or so beds occupied by mannequins.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Oct. 2024
To end the show, the lights were turned off and then on again to reveal the installation, made of pink squares, which had acted as a centerpiece throughout the show, now opening up like a giant elevator, with the entire model cast standing inside it, resembling mannequins in a shop window.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Jade and the always unpleasant Dale rush back to the mannequins, which were built with a combination of wood and metal bars.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
The Comme des Garçons show was a beautiful moment where an amazing collection was presented to a small audience and the mannequins facing each other on the runway — creat[ed] an exhilarating show.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
The Monday event was held in Baptist Health College's simulation laboratory -- a hospital ward populated with a dozen or so beds occupied by mannequins.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Oct. 2024
To end the show, the lights were turned off and then on again to reveal the installation, made of pink squares, which had acted as a centerpiece throughout the show, now opening up like a giant elevator, with the entire model cast standing inside it, resembling mannequins in a shop window.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Jade and the always unpleasant Dale rush back to the mannequins, which were built with a combination of wood and metal bars.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
The Comme des Garçons show was a beautiful moment where an amazing collection was presented to a small audience and the mannequins facing each other on the runway — creat[ed] an exhilarating show.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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