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typify

[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

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

From BBC Oct. 14, 2023

Nonetheless, NEV sales that typify big-ticket spending have mirrored a tepid rebound in consumption after China abruptly ended COVID-19 containment measures late last year.

From Reuters Jun. 8, 2023

In 2023 it is a city once again in flux, but as a tight-knit community whose residents typify what it means to be an Asian American — and the spectrum within.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2023

It appears solemnly to typify the power, the authority, the learning—ay, and the wisdom too, of the whole nation.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton

Mr. Macfarlane’s Norwegian allusion typifies this feast of a book.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

It’s co-hosted by British multihyphenate producer and entrepreneur Charles Finch, who presides over the affair with the charm and graciousness that typifies the best hosts.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2026

I am just the biggest fan of Unai Emery - he is an amazing coach and he typifies all that is great about the game.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2026

The mango, that beloved linchpin of cuisines and cultures around the world, typifies this trend.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2025

What he was not interested in was the grueling fieldwork that typifies sociology.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Premier League football of the early 2000s was typified by the 4-4-2 formation.

From BBC Jun. 15, 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 had opportunities in four of the five evening frames, but a missed black off the spot in the final frame typified an error-strewn display.

From BBC Apr. 5, 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

“He is celebrated today as one of Russia’s most brilliant writers. But during his life he was understood by no one, least of all himself. One might say he typified the phrase ‘eccentric genius.’

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Death with a stole about his neck stands behind the preacher, and holds a jaw-bone over his head, typifying perhaps thereby that he is the best preacher of the two.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis




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