as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality
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Recent Examples of avatar
Over two one-minute trials, the children were asked to stand and copy the whole-body, dance-like movements of a video avatar while two Kinect Xbox cameras recorded them.
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New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025
At the same time, Angelou is routinely reduced to an unthreatening avatar of inspirational platitudes, her work often overlooked by academics and critics even as her most quotable quips circulate endlessly.
—TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
An enemy of China who wants TikTok to turn into a 50/50 venture between the avatar of capitalism and the tech bros of Communism.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Tom Cruise, that avatar of all-American virility, opened the evening with an address that reaffirmed the rightness of the proceedings, much as Peck had in 1968.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025
At the same time, Angelou is routinely reduced to an unthreatening avatar of inspirational platitudes, her work often overlooked by academics and critics even as her most quotable quips circulate endlessly.
—TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
An enemy of China who wants TikTok to turn into a 50/50 venture between the avatar of capitalism and the tech bros of Communism.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Tom Cruise, that avatar of all-American virility, opened the evening with an address that reaffirmed the rightness of the proceedings, much as Peck had in 1968.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avatar
Noun
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The vulnerabilities, affecting the CPUs in later generations of Apple A- and M-series chip sets, open them to side channel attacks, a class of exploit that infers secrets by measuring manifestations such as timing, sound, and power consumption.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Based on the Max Porter novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, the film gives grief a physical manifestation, a sinister presence that unmoors Cumberbatch’s character from reality.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The show shared an image on social media Monday morning announcing the start.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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The real footage uses images that were banned or blocked by the government, creating a hybrid docudrama that captured the early days of the Chinese lockdown.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Some insiders speculate that A-list actors, musicians and sports icons who have not publicly announced their plans might still show up.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Messi signed with Inter Miami a few months later, and Ruiz went from being just another Honduran youth prospect to teammate of the Argentine icon.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Is there a more modern incarnation of Tantalus and his brethren?—
Daniel Seifert,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Feb. 2025
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What was modern about it is that people got seduced by a man that was an incarnation of a man very different from what they were used to seeing in society.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Avatar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avatar. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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