personification
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“He’s the personification of everything that the brand values,” said Chief Marketing Officer Carly Gomez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“He’s the personification of everything that the brand values,” Gomez said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They felt similarly about Hello Kitty; with little identifying features or dialogue of their own, the characters were blank canvases for their own personification.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
His KC Tony Graham said Phoenix's family and friends were likely to regard Methven as the "personification of evil".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
He’s the personification of a preschool dance recital.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Neither of the Haywoods feel quite like “real” people but rather like heightened personifications of artists hungry to become part of the movie-making business — no matter the cost.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022
Surrounding Usher are personifications of his inner voices, six taunting denizens of his psyche that nag and mock, undermine and throw shade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
It's about Dream, one of several immortal siblings who are anthropomorphic personifications of different aspects of the human condition.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022
Yet Scott’s script teeters between presenting fully drawn characters and firm personifications, ultimately failing at either.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
In van Lerberghe's play resistance is offered to visible personifications of death; in Maeterlinck's play resistance is impossible, because death is invisible.
From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Jethro Bithell
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