Thesaurus results for INSTANTIATE

instantiate

verb

in-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt

Definition of instantiate

as in to embody

to represent in visible form his imposing mansion is intended to instantiate for visitors his staggering success as an entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of instantiate In a sense, starting internally and drawing inspiration from the external world around her, her mother instantiated an understanding of beauty that captured the core of an individual. — Essence, 17 Dec. 2025 In other words, our intelligence is designed as an uncertainty-minimization function, and this is instantiated as a set of mental states (gears) controlled by the blue dot, LC network. — Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025 He feels burned by his efforts to instantiate popular sovereignty. — Shikha Dalmia, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Harwicz’s novels are more hallucinatory than supernatural—but a more provocative distinction between her books and others in this semi-subgenre is that, for her characters, motherhood does not cause animal rage and instability so much as instantiate them. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for instantiate

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Historically, these jackets embody a very utilitarian look, with a long, boxy cut and oversized front patch pockets for holding tools.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2026
The biggest sports stars were shifting into almost mainstream celebrities - and no one embodied this shift more than Simpson.

— Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of embody

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Elmi got a loan and incorporated Reva Health and has since transferred nearly $150,000 from those accounts to his own business, the court document says.

— Adam Duxter, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Smith arrived in Minnesota with a charge to incorporate many of Miami’s creative tenets into the Vikings’ run game.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of incorporate

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Criticism by autistic individuals led to further research that has found neurotypical researchers may simply fail to see how autistic empathy manifests itself—ironically due to their own lack of empathy for autistic perspectives.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2026
When Soldier is killed in a car accident, Pierce’s conflicting obligations to family and friends becomes manifested in the choice between his brother’s wedding and his best friend’s funeral — both falling on the same day.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026

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