personification
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Instead, Altman has increasingly become the personification of AI technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
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
Finally, fittingly, with Monday’s lucrative contract extension, there’s also no more asterisk on Dave Roberts himself, a worthy successor and daily personification of the great Lasorda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
“Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on,’” Heard said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
You understood that it was better to ride a black horse and dress in black like a personification of evil, so as not to be scoped by a gunman in the night.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
If the "Sex and the City" universe is a fantasia of materialist gloss tethered to reality by genuine truths, then the personifications of this idea should maintain a crumb of constancy.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
The Endless, anthropomorphized personifications of human ideas, beliefs and states of being, already serves as a fountainhead of clever metaphorical narratives.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
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
Now, are the angels referred to in the New Testament simply personifications of good, and are there no such personal existences?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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