typify
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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
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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
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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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