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mannequin

noun

ˈma-ni-kən

Definition of mannequin

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 The car served as a test payload on the rocket's second stage, with a mannequin in a spacesuit in the driver's seat. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026 Transportation Security Administration officers screen those while the flyer spreads their arms out mannequin-style inside a body scanner. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The need for data Inside the headquarters of UBTech Robotics, one of China’s biggest humanoid robot firms, a silver-and-black mannequin picks up a box, stomps across the floor, and mechanically places the box on a shelf. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 There are several vintage Bears jerseys and at least one mannequin in former Bears coach Mike Ditka's iconic sweater, cap, sunglasses, and mustache, holding a mug of beer on a table with a miniature Bears helmet and a cheese grater. — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mannequin

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Noun

Mattel didn’t need domestic Barbie factories if a Taiwanese partner could produce dolls more cheaply.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
At 27, the artist comes across like a life-size Bratz doll, armed with sugary vocals and upbeat melodies.

— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

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By 2023, with tensions mounting between Israel and Hamas, Qatari officials pressed for a different model, one that would deliver assistance to Gazans without making civilians dependent on either Hamas or the Israeli government.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
For a complicated model with multiple color changes, the waste can become substantial.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of model

Noun

Woolmark’s research summary describes tests using sweating manikins and human participants to compare wool, cotton, viscose and polyester garments of similar weight and thickness.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
The facility was designed to look like a hospital, with an emergency room, intensive care unit, operating rooms, a delivery room complete with mother and child manikins, an intensive care unit and a hospital room.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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