typify
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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.
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
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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
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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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