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The two entrepreneurs came to epitomize a certain swagger of the first hype cycle roughly a decade ago when Silicon Valley was betting it could replace a world of human-driven cars with robots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

“Their play style is relentless. I think of so many plays in games where guys are fighting that extra inch and those guys epitomize that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

More than any other ocean-dwelling creature, they epitomize the movement to save, as the saying goes, wildlife in the ocean.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024

In browsing print shops and bookstores, I found and bought illustrated books by designers whose styles epitomize art nouveau, Art Deco, and the arts and crafts aesthetic.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023

The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The fund, founded in 1929, epitomizes Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle’s values —own a balanced mix of stocks and bonds, and keep your costs down.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

“The Helicoide epitomizes the bid for a really rapid urban modernization,” said Lisa Blackmore, co-editor of a book on the Helicoide titled “Downward Spiral: El Helicoide’s Descent from Mall to Prison.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

“To me, he kind of epitomizes a lot of the success that we’ve had looking back,” Friedman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025

Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac, this brand-new, modern home epitomizes luxury.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

It fairly epitomizes the whole process of teaching and therefore is so comprehensive that it calls for analysis.

From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.

The huge advancements in generative AI, epitomized by the release of ChatGPT, shocked him into action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The finish was epitomized in the final minutes when, leading by five, Smart had a lunging, slapping steal before throwing a perfect bounce pass to a driving James, who finished with a dunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Some longevity influencers attract rubbernecking for their quixotic quests to live forever, epitomized by venture capitalist Bryan Johnson’s vampiric infusions of his teenage son’s blood plasma.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026

As a victim of increasingly effective gunnery, Arundel also epitomized another development that would expedite the end of England’s sporadic efforts to subdue the rival realm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

Fairly or unfairly, to her derogators Pittman epitomized all that was reprehensible about Dick Bass’s popularization of the Seven Summits and the ensuing debasement of the world’s highest mountain.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

A deal epitomizing the new era of resource nationalism was unveiled Wednesday when Glencore agreed to sell a stake in two African copper mines to a consortium backed by the U.S. government.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

If a ball doesn’t bounce off one Seahawk’s helmet on one play or a Brown’s hands on another, this team is 4-3 and epitomizing average.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

He launched a long-shot bid for a Democratic seat south of Chicago in 2009, epitomizing the “Young Guns” brand that McCarthy honed.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2022

Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" famously denounced the bulk of humanity as "phonies" — epitomizing the human tendency to valued those who remain genuine and deride fakers.

From Salon ● May 24, 2022

On the other hand, it is clear from the Cento Novelle that the more dramatic episodes of history and myth were being submitted to the same epitomizing treatment.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington