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a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others
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Recent Examples of embodiments
The largest open effort to pool this kind of data, Open X-Embodiment, includes more than a million real robot trajectories across 22 robot embodiments and 527 skills.
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Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The system enables a single AI architecture to control robots with different embodiments while coordinating interactions across an entire fleet.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The company has focused in part on making photorealistic embodiments of virtual AI characters, four people said.
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ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Unlike vision and language, robotics lacks large, diverse datasets that span tasks, environments, and embodiments, thus limiting both scalability and generalization.
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IEEE Spectrum,
6 Mar. 2026
Jews are not attacked as individuals but as embodiments of something the crowd has decided must be condemned.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2026
Here are real-life embodiments of our GOAT doing all three on the field.
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Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The system enables a single AI architecture to control robots with different embodiments while coordinating interactions across an entire fleet.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The company has focused in part on making photorealistic embodiments of virtual AI characters, four people said.
—
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Unlike vision and language, robotics lacks large, diverse datasets that span tasks, environments, and embodiments, thus limiting both scalability and generalization.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Mar. 2026
Jews are not attacked as individuals but as embodiments of something the crowd has decided must be condemned.
—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Impacciatore, squeezed into a skin-tight Power Rangers suit, performed an entire clowning routine where she’s accosted by abstract embodiments of various winter sports throughout history.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2026
Here are real-life embodiments of our GOAT doing all three on the field.
—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embodiments
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The Cane Ridge Revival would become an epochal moment in American religious history, one of the most visible manifestations of what historians would later refer to as the Second Great Awakening.
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Meanwhile, here are some other Bay Area manifestations of the Miles/Coltrane centennial.
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However, Clayton-Thomas continued working over the decades, both solo and as a member of later incarnations of the band.
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By now, there have been various incarnations of Mbappe at World Cups.
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Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
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Second, brighter satellites also create streaks in telescope images that mar observations.
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“Embodiments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embodiments. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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