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adjective

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verb

past tense of embody
1
as in integrated
to make a part of a body or system they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive

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2
as in expressed
to represent in visible form George Washington embodied so many of the virtues that Americans hold dear

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Recent Examples of embodied
Adjective
The United States has a slim—perhaps six-month—lead in domains such as advanced chatbots and AI software tools, while China has the edge in the embodied ones, which include robotics, autonomous systems, and manufacturing automation. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Google also notes that Argon has advanced its robotics program, showing a measurable step increase in embodied reasoning. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026 The titles won in the Abu Dhabi era are, though, and this raises the emotional conflict of his own embodied experience. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 In that world, reading will no longer be the kind of embodied experience that Hazrat and Kaufman memorialize. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The development reflects Galileo’s broader focus on embodied intelligence, with the company maintaining in-house capabilities spanning robot platforms, core components, motion control, and systems engineering. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 How to allocate the emissions from training a large language model, or for the embodied carbon in AI hardware, isn’t widely agreed on, and measuring them is complex. — Olivia Raimonde, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Boston Dynamics, Figure, Tesla, and foundation model work out of Google DeepMind are widely seen as holding the deeper edge in intelligence built specifically for embodied reasoning, not just hardware volume. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The real battleground is over the robot brains, or vision-language-action (VLA) models, which are designed to turn human inputs into embodied AI performing intuitively and accurately. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026
Verb
Flanagan improves on both De Palma’s film and King’s novel in his treatment of faith, embodied in Carrie’s mother, Margaret White. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 The takeaway from these studies is that conservatism itself is embodied in a strong Southern accent. — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026 Which form of artificial intelligence—cognitive or embodied—will prove a bigger source of imperial power remains unclear. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Since taking over as the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback, Jalen Hurts has largely embodied that idea. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 And this was the most dramatic rewrite of those guidelines ever and embodied the consumer welfare hypothesis. — John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026 Born in Brooklyn to Italian immigrant parents and raised in the Bronx on March 30, 1933, Appignani embodied the quintessential American success story. — Sergio R. Bustos, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 That duality was best embodied by the presence of Dorothy’s estranged daughter Kristine Wood, who was raised by her paternal grandparents in the wake of her mother’s substance abuse issues and is interviewed in the documentary. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026 This artisan spirit is well-embodied by the return of modern folk, a design philosophy rooted in craftsmanship. — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embodied
  1. corporeal
  2. integrated
  3. expressed
  4. physical
  5. incorporated
  6. exemplified
  7. tangible
  8. assimilated
Adjective
  • The tension between intellectual certainty and its corporeal obverse is the novel’s most interesting possibility, yet its campus plot repeatedly narrows into a question of who deserves our sympathy.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Editor Cam McLauchlin never cuts them into mere blitzes of limbs and blood, though DP Katelin Arizmendi’s acidic palette of yellows, greens and corporeal streaks of red does lend the realism a kind of pop-art splendor.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of corporeal
Verb
  • Still, around 42% of marketers (linked in the Mediaocean research above) say that getting good quality data (or being able to access it) is a major obstacle, and only 10% have all their ad technology systems fully integrated.
    — Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond that, there are software giants like Adobe and Salesforce that have integrated with Anthropic's Claude assistant.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of integrated
Verb
  • The concerns with the technology expressed at the hearing went beyond just hacking.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Environmentalists have expressed concerns, however, that the law won’t be enforced against Pérez under the country’s conservative National Party, of which Zambrano is a member.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of expressed
Adjective
  • Her physical absence changes nothing about the circumstances of our friendship.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • This is just a normal part of growing older, according to conventional wisdom, as if aging were a one-way street of physical decline.
    — Leana S. Wen, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of physical
Verb
  • But Wang has incorporated drones and AI into his family’s farm in an effort to modernize and economize the work.
    — Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's office said in a statement that the decision took into account the status of Waze Mobile Limited as a data controller incorporated in Israel and operating under Israeli law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorporated
Verb
  • The group’s work is exemplified by its annual High Artistry collection, which draws inspiration from a different place or idea each year.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Putting Lee in motion is still one of the keys to unlocking the MU offense, as exemplified by his 32-yard score in the first quarter.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of exemplified
Adjective
  • This was the first opportunity, Ubovic said, to do something tangible, instead of just complaining.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Harry lives by a code, stealing and dealing only tangible things — cash, phones, jewelry.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of tangible
Verb
  • The cowardly, devious Turgeniev has assimilated to the comforts of the West —that alone is enough for Fyodor to detest him.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The news comes after Prime Video assimilated MX Player into its service earlier this year.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of assimilated

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“Embodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embodied. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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