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epitomize

[ih-pit-uh-mahyz] / ɪˈpɪt əˌmaɪz /




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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

“Water projects came to epitomize the pork barrel; they were the oil can that lubricated the nation’s legislative machinery.”

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024

The work going on display was painted by an Ethiopian artist and celebrates the Ethiopian victory in what came to epitomize pan-African independence at a time when European empires were carving up the continent.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023

The glamour of the town’s new honorary residents appears at stark odds with Mr. Richards’s neighborhood of Caia Park, a long deprived corner of Wrexham that came to epitomize the town’s decline.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 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

Since its excellence needs no explaining, here are a few others that are as worthy of our appreciation, including a heartwarming duet that epitomizes Parton’s universal appeal.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

“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

“John epitomizes the very best of journalism,” CBS News President Tom Cibrowski said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Is there any other thing in the world which epitomizes our times as does an automobile funeral?

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street

Throughout his prolific career, he created many pieces that epitomized the city’s sun-drenched landscapes filled with glittering pools, rolling hills and lush foliage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Robinson epitomized Sierra Canyon’s “refuse to lose” mindset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 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

Many imagined that Jackson’s march and Education Secretary William Bennett’s Stanford speech the following year epitomized America’s culture wars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Both laws epitomized the ethos of the Nationalist government, which pretended to preserve what they were attempting to destroy.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Burrows modeled the notion of directing as a duty to truly bring a show’s cast and writing into people’s living rooms and lives, epitomizing the idea that laughter narrows the distance between strangers.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

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

Messi is thrilling his legion of fans along the way, with his swivel and driving run to set up the third goal for Álvarez in the 69th minute epitomizing his confidence and swagger.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

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

How, indeed, did Schröder achieve the great credit of putting Shakespeare's plays upon the German stage but by epitomizing the epitomizer?

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke




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