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typify

[tip-uh-fahy] / ˈtɪp əˌfaɪ /


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What better show to typify that era of relative calm than what the characters on “Seinfeld” described as a show about nothing?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

On the second series, Smith tripped over Charbonnet’s foot as he dropped back to pass and was touched down at the 1-yard-line, a play that seemed to typify the Seahawks’ ineptness in the first half.

From Seattle Times Nov. 23, 2023

Wales' shirt numbers were falling off to confuse matters and typify the frantic opening exchanges.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2023

Nonetheless, NEV sales that typify big-ticket spending have mirrored a tepid rebound in consumption after China abruptly ended COVID-19 containment measures late last year.

From Reuters Jun. 8, 2023

There is little doubt, I think that the inscription was meant to typify the misfortunes of Margaret; but the preceding solution is still, in a grammatical point of view, unsatisfactory.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

It’s co-hosted by British multihyphenate producer and entrepreneur Charles Finch, who presides over the affair with the charm and graciousness that typifies the best hosts.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2026

These compromises create the dead-stick handling, latency and hysteresis that typifies your average two-box people mover.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

A word that perhaps typifies Clarke's reign more than any other.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

The mango, that beloved linchpin of cuisines and cultures around the world, typifies this trend.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2025

What he was not interested in was the grueling fieldwork that typifies sociology.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

And he has looked to do this while sticking to the intense and chaotic style that typified his previous sides.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Premier League football of the early 2000s was typified by the 4-4-2 formation.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

They also suggest that the disinflation earlier this year may have been another of the false dawns that have typified recent Fed performance.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

He typified the Lakers’ adaptability with 32 assists in the last five games of the regular season after averaging 1.7 assists per game since joining the team.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2026

The thing that most worried him about the Ptolemaic system, typified by the puzzle of the Moon, was the business of equants.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The work was unveiled in 1920 in a ceremony that lauded Otis for typifying “the ideal which first brought men and women to America.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2024

But typifying the night, Suarez bounced one to short — again, at 103 mph off the bat — with two outs in the eighth and Kelenic taking off from second.

From Seattle Times Jun. 9, 2023

The defining moment was a crucial try from replacement hooker Malcolm Marx, typifying the impact of the South African forwards from the bench.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2021

Before expending the effort typifying one's love language, it is worth inquiring: is the concept is actually psychologically meaningful, or just another batch of pop psychology B.S.?

From Salon Aug. 6, 2021

On each side of the tomb are piers from which springs a granite arch of thirteen stones—presumably typifying the thirteen original States.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various




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