mannequin

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as in doll
a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes the mannequin over there looks so real

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as in model
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 To the visible eye, every dress is in incredible condition—luminous colors, embroideries from more than a century ago that shimmer anew, each silhouette fitted impeccably on the mannequin—and for some visitors, this will prove the most remarkable part of the show. Amy Verner, Vogue, 7 May 2025 But the most stunning detail, however, might be that patrons must look up to see most of the garments as the black mannequins donning them are on literal pedestals. Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 6 May 2025 The three men disappeared from their cells in June 1962 in an elaborate plot that included mannequin dolls with real human hair left behind in their beds, according to the FBI. Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 May 2025 In Vietnam, dusty provincial museums and newer, sleeker ones inaugurated for the 50th anniversary echo the sentiment in reverse, displaying mannequins of wily peasant farmers taking on the U.S. war machine. Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mannequin
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Noun
  • Is a demonic doll touring the U.S. to blame for the mishaps in Louisiana?
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • This year, Hasbro also released a new Jem doll to celebrate the series’ anniversary.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 May 2025
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  • Our leaders intervened to retrain the model, preserving our commitment to personalized service.
    Braden Yuill, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Open source is a big deal in AI right now because of the strong performance of those models, especially out of China, which are free to use.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 10 Jun. 2025.

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