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In his studied inscrutability Warsh was emulating his role model and the man who came to personify what it means to be a central banker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Shows like Auction Hunters, Storage Hunters, and Storage Wars began to personify the old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”—except with objects of value, monetary or sentimental, on the line.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024

Those who seek to govern us seek too to attempt to personify – however imperfectly – the country they seek to lead.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

Some early depictions show voladores dressed as birds, perhaps to personify gods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

To a greater or lesser degree, most members of the reporting team performed similar feats of tedious investigation before finding characters who would personify the statistical trends.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

A good story requires characters, and Mr. Kukushkin personifies atoms, chemicals, even entire biological kingdoms, using whimsical drama to illustrate fundamental principles of biochemistry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025

“The shadow personifies everything that the subject refuses to acknowledge about himself,” Jung wrote.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025

The award, introduced in 2023, is intended to reward an individual who most personifies the "spirit of Glasgow".

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

So he personifies all forces he perceives but does not understand.

From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding

Hammond is ebullience and warmth personified but her co-presenter, the erstwhile Mighty Boosh comedian Fielding, still looks a bit lost, as if he has wandered in from the wrong set.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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 AI, meanwhile, is personified to the cast and crew, who know nothing about it, as someone named “Al,” who “works remotely.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

He is also softening the stiff upper lip that once personified his family’s approach; William was filmed recently tearing up after talking to a woman whose husband had died by suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Literally, I take a two-second photograph, and now I’m obstruction personified.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

There’s an obvious objection to all this: It sounds as if we’re naively personifying a giant math problem, mistaking statistical patterns for sentience—falling for the oldest anthropomorphic error in the book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Directed by artistic director Mathew Wright, the solo performance features Alcalá personifying four nurses and a respiratory therapist, using their words, verbatim, about working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

One banner commemorating the Bill of Rights borrows from Christmas language to proclaim, “Joy to the world — the Bill of Rights is born,” elevating and personifying the document that grants Americans consequential freedoms.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

On the other side of town is another, equally imposing statue personifying the Italian stonemasons who also brought their skills to Barre.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022

There is scarcely a personifying or exalting epithet that he does not bestow on the divine Reason.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Octavius Brooks Frothingham