variants also mannikin
1
as in form
a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes the store has manikins so lifelike that they have startled me on more than one occasion

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as in model
a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk

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Noun
  • Newsweek reached out to Harris' political team for comment via her contact form.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Its crescent form will appear to travel around the bright star as the night unfolds, before eventually setting atop it around midnight local time.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Our leaders intervened to retrain the model, preserving our commitment to personalized service.
    Braden Yuill, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Strong cited the new opt-out system being considered by the UK government, which would mean copyright holders would need to opt-out from having their material used for training AI models.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Nonetheless, researchers consistently come up with figures that reach into the tens of trillions of dollars in annual value.
    Justin Worland, Time, 5 June 2025
  • The legislation was still being negotiated hours before it was brought to the floor for a House vote, with Johnson eventually relenting to the $40,000 figure after a wave of last-minute bartering.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • This year, Hasbro also released a new Jem doll to celebrate the series’ anniversary.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • Is a demonic doll touring the U.S. to blame for the mishaps in Louisiana?
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 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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  • The camera pans to show Olympia playing with a mannequin head, adding blush to her cheeks with a Beauty Blender.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • 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
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“Manikin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manikin. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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