embodiment
noun
em·bodi·ment
im-ˈbä-di-mənt 
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She's the embodiment of all our hopes.
Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others.
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Elliot Page translates vitality and promise as the young teen, while a blood-freezing Catherine Keener is the sinister embodiment of resentment and cruelty.
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Overhead and atop tables, meanwhile, Guild lighting serves as the literal embodiment of bright ideas.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
By the 1990s, Stewart was the center of a multimedia empire, the embodiment of a massively lucrative brand that was all centered on a lifestyle so elevated that no one besides Stewart herself could ever possibly achieve it.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Images and objects are human embodiments of divine attributes while words are said to be direct quotations of God.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Overhead and atop tables, meanwhile, Guild lighting serves as the literal embodiment of bright ideas.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
By the 1990s, Stewart was the center of a multimedia empire, the embodiment of a massively lucrative brand that was all centered on a lifestyle so elevated that no one besides Stewart herself could ever possibly achieve it.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Images and objects are human embodiments of divine attributes while words are said to be direct quotations of God.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for embodiment
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“Embodiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embodiment. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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