personification
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Instead, Altman has increasingly become the personification of AI technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Bale blossomed into an otherworldly talent who went on to achieve feats beyond any of his countrymen, the personification of Wales' golden generation.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 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
“To have that personification . . . and her house was such a tribute to that too . . .”
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
With his gentle demeanor, Gandhi seemed the very personification of nonviolence, and he insisted that the campaign be run along identical lines to that of his father’s in India.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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