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[tip-uh-fahy] / ˈtɪp əˌfaɪ /


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What better show to typify that era of relative calm than what the characters on “Seinfeld” described as a show about nothing?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

On the second series, Smith tripped over Charbonnet’s foot as he dropped back to pass and was touched down at the 1-yard-line, a play that seemed to typify the Seahawks’ ineptness in the first half.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

The hashtag #PoorMartha was used on social media to typify fans’ glee at her susceptibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Wales' shirt numbers were falling off to confuse matters and typify the frantic opening exchanges.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023

There was something symbolic in the isolated saliency of these spires; they seemed to typify the permanence of a faith which had already defied centuries.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

These compromises create the dead-stick handling, latency and hysteresis that typifies your average two-box people mover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Is there a particular dish from either restaurant that you think best typifies your current culinary approach and ethos?

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2024

But if McDavid, arguably the best player in the NHL, typifies the skill and grace with which the high-flying Oilers play, then Lizotte represents the blue-collar, lunch-bucket approach that defines the Kings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

"He typifies what we're talking about," Farrell said of Crowley, who kicked 13 points.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024

Perhaps nothing better typifies the strange and often accidental nature of chemical science in its early days than a discovery made by a German named Hennig Brand in 1675.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Scott McTominay illuminated the world with the spectacular against Denmark last November, a moment that typified the brilliance of the man whose trail has blazed fiercely in Naples.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

They also suggest that the disinflation earlier this year may have been another of the false dawns that have typified recent Fed performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

He typified the Lakers’ adaptability with 32 assists in the last five games of the regular season after averaging 1.7 assists per game since joining the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

Now forgotten, Dillon, Read & Co. typified the Wall Street of roll-top desks and patrician dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

There was even a brand of harsh satire in my parents’ quest itself, because it typified the American belief that everything can be solved by doctors.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The work was unveiled in 1920 in a ceremony that lauded Otis for typifying “the ideal which first brought men and women to America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

But typifying how the Seahawks just seemed off their game was Seattle’s offensive play on a third-and-5 from the Raiders’ 49.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

The defining moment was a crucial try from replacement hooker Malcolm Marx, typifying the impact of the South African forwards from the bench.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2021

Before expending the effort typifying one's love language, it is worth inquiring: is the concept is actually psychologically meaningful, or just another batch of pop psychology B.S.?

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2021

With outstretched wings and defiant attitude it stood there, typifying the spirit of its young namesakes.

From The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam by John Henry Goldfrap


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