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[em-bod-ee] / ɛmˈbɒd i /




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"It's almost like he is trying to reach for this glorified manhood that he cannot embody anymore," said Sabrina Karim, a political science professor at Cornell University.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The simplicity of the tins, their demure size and dainty contents, which often feature organic health foods, are meant to embody whimsy.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

There are plenty of good reasons for firms to adopt a cute character to embody their brand.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

However, if Brunelleschi had mastered the geometry of perspective as early as 1413 it becomes a little difficult to explain why there are no surviving paintings which embody these principles before 1425.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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