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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 mannequins
In the skills lab, students can be found in their signature purple scrubs, introducing themselves to the mannequins and asking them about their pain, said Brenda Solari, the Meridian site director, on a tour of the campus.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2025
On one of McGovern’s trips through the loop of rooms, mannequins of the Mehndez family sit around a TV that shows stock footage of unsettling threshers on farmland.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Pedestrians walk past a Nike store featuring a modern design and mannequins displaying winter apparel on December 5, 2024, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The presentation at a palatial 18th-century mansion on the Left Bank, the longtime home of the late Karl Lagerfeld, was set up like an exhibition, with artworks, design objects and crafts mingling with the women’s and men’s collections, presented on mannequins.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
During his more than 40 years as a working artist in many disciplines, Ruben Toledo has designed advertising and marketing campaigns, mannequins, store windows, theater sets, costumes, award statuettes, wallpaper, textiles, scarves, fabrics, dishes, furniture and carpets.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Everything must go from Macy's flagship store in Center City — including the mannequins.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Headless mannequins wearing the shirts of Marlon, William and Matheus Pereira — stained in red to resemble blood — were hung days after Cruzeiro’s penalty defeat to America MG in the Campeonato Mineiro semi-finals.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Remodeled stores have brighter lighting, wider aisles and mannequins, said Alvis Washington, Walmart’s vice president of retail brand experience.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2025
On one of McGovern’s trips through the loop of rooms, mannequins of the Mehndez family sit around a TV that shows stock footage of unsettling threshers on farmland.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Pedestrians walk past a Nike store featuring a modern design and mannequins displaying winter apparel on December 5, 2024, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The presentation at a palatial 18th-century mansion on the Left Bank, the longtime home of the late Karl Lagerfeld, was set up like an exhibition, with artworks, design objects and crafts mingling with the women’s and men’s collections, presented on mannequins.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
During his more than 40 years as a working artist in many disciplines, Ruben Toledo has designed advertising and marketing campaigns, mannequins, store windows, theater sets, costumes, award statuettes, wallpaper, textiles, scarves, fabrics, dishes, furniture and carpets.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Everything must go from Macy's flagship store in Center City — including the mannequins.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Headless mannequins wearing the shirts of Marlon, William and Matheus Pereira — stained in red to resemble blood — were hung days after Cruzeiro’s penalty defeat to America MG in the Campeonato Mineiro semi-finals.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Remodeled stores have brighter lighting, wider aisles and mannequins, said Alvis Washington, Walmart’s vice president of retail brand experience.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Mannequins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannequins. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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