as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness
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Recent Examples of incarnation
Its other championship came in 1979 in the team’s previous incarnation as the Seattle Supersonics.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 June 2025
With the rocky seaside cliffs of Northern Ireland standing in for the Isle of Berk, the new How to Train Your Dragon built a whole Viking village to deliver its more tactile incarnation.
—Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Most of them worked for the line in its previous incarnation, including experienced butlers who deliver personalized service to every suite.
—AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
Mixed in with this bold art and design are art deco vestiges of the building’s former incarnation as the Saxony Hotel in the 1950s and ’60s, when Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and Elvis frequented the hot spot.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 June 2025
With the rocky seaside cliffs of Northern Ireland standing in for the Isle of Berk, the new How to Train Your Dragon built a whole Viking village to deliver its more tactile incarnation.
—Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Most of them worked for the line in its previous incarnation, including experienced butlers who deliver personalized service to every suite.
—AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
Mixed in with this bold art and design are art deco vestiges of the building’s former incarnation as the Saxony Hotel in the 1950s and ’60s, when Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and Elvis frequented the hot spot.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarnation
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The collecting of hair is, in short, a deeply unrelatable manifestation of deeply relatable emotions: love, grief, nostalgia, yearning.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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While in police custody, Madelyn Cline's Danica Richards has a vision of Helen, who was memorably killed by the Fisherman in the 1997 movie, as a manifestation of her guilt.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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It was also found in archive images going back 19 years, which allowed astronomers to compute its orbit.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote, whether for members of the school board or for the president of the country, is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves.—
Esau McCaulley,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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The person in the avatar even resembled Kohberger in real life, and the user never posted again after Kohberger was arrested.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
11 July 2025
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Mila isn’t just a 3D avatar with a synthesized voice.—
Faye Bradley,
Variety,
4 July 2025
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“Incarnation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarnation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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