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personified

[per-son-uh-fahyd] / pərˈsɒn əˌfaɪd /




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The resulting sequence sees her pursued on horseback by death personified, and it remains, 98 years later, a dazzling thrill on the big screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He personified the globalization that brought billions out of poverty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“Unfortunately, but predictably, it was at the expense of signaling that Lululemon was no longer the leading, premium, cool brand initially personified by its muse.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

The late P-22 — a celebrity mountain lion that inhabited Griffith Park – personified the tribulations facing his kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

There was pain, and burning, such that he could have screamed, and the witch-queen stared at him as if he were madness personified.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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