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

In the last month, the Irvine City Council has focused on the mundane, everyday decisions that typify local government.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024

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

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023

If it was a noninflammatory comment, it also is the kind that has seemed to come to typify who Witherspoon is — someone who doesn’t appear to be too awed by much of anything.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

The lady emitted a sound which might have been meant to typify scorn.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard