mannequin

1
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 Between the lines: O'Connell is known for whimsy — cue his pandemic-era dining mannequins or ballet classes for staff coordination. Anna Spiegel, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024 In 1979, a bomb was thrown from a moving car into the London building where the designer had a showroom, which was damaged along with the mannequins in her window display. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025 At that time, models were little more than glorified mannequins, rarely named or acknowledged. airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025 In Ciudad Juarez, its factories make a variety of products from mannequins to electrical components. Bryan Mena, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mannequin
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Noun
  • Mattel released eight new one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls for International Women's Day, honoring female friendship.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, Barbie has tapped actresses and real-life besties Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple to receive their own dolls, who model miniature red carpet-worthy gowns.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • The two most visible competitors, Samsung and Apple, do have models that sit between the vanilla and the Pro handsets, but their difference is a larger screen with the same performance as the vanilla model.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Well, the set of the Valentino show was a red room where models waited inside bathroom stalls, which was reportedly inspired by the late great film director David Lynch, who worked with Naomi Watts on the 2001 film, Mulholland Drive.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 11 Mar. 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 19 Mar. 2025.

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