incarnation

noun

ˌin-(ˌ)kär-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce incarnation (audio)
Definition of incarnationnext
as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness

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Recent Examples of incarnation Casting has not yet been announced for the Broadway incarnation. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Heisenberg and Schrödinger had come up with two radically different incarnations of one theory. — Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 Richard O’Brien, who created The Rocky Horror Show and played Riff Raff in its stage and screen incarnations, was not present for the moment Curry became Frank-N-Furter. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 When Bane is unmasked in front of his employer, Rupert Thorne (this incarnation of Bane doesn’t even have the drive to tackle Batman until someone pays him for it), what’s revealed underneath is a dopey, boyish goon. — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incarnation
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  1. manifestation
  2. image
  3. avatar
Noun
  • One manifestation of that shift is a Holiday Inn Express ad campaign that ran for more than a decade beginning in 1998 and showed ordinary people completing complex tasks such as brain surgery that were far outside their professional expertise.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The dropping/suspension was the beginning of the end, or at least the most public manifestation of the beginning of the end.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of manifestation
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  • Following Abloh’s death in November 2021, Kamara was appointed as art and image director and presented his first show, Spring/Summer 2023, in Paris that year.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The telescope’s first images are expected in the beginning months of 2027.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of image
Noun
  • David Nussbaum, founder of Proto Hologram in Los Angeles, is helping Sadhguru create a three-dimensional AI avatar that appears in a display box and can interact with devotees in several languages.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti (or Devi), and their various avatars and related forms became the central deities of Hindu devotion.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Incarnation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarnation. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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