epitomize
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The two entrepreneurs came to epitomize a certain swagger of the first hype cycle roughly a decade ago when Silicon Valley was betting it could replace a world of human-driven cars with robots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
It’s been a week of upheaval in Hawthorne, the South Bay suburb where the Beach Boys got their start in the 1960s and came to epitomize the postwar beach culture of Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
“Water projects came to epitomize the pork barrel; they were the oil can that lubricated the nation’s legislative machinery.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
The work going on display was painted by an Ethiopian artist and celebrates the Ethiopian victory in what came to epitomize pan-African independence at a time when European empires were carving up the continent.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Since its excellence needs no explaining, here are a few others that are as worthy of our appreciation, including a heartwarming duet that epitomizes Parton’s universal appeal.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The fund, founded in 1929, epitomizes Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle’s values —own a balanced mix of stocks and bonds, and keep your costs down.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The reliance on NAVs reported by other managers epitomizes black-box financial reporting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The moment epitomizes the approach of this adaptation, which begins its world-premiere run Tuesday at La Jolla Playhouse: take the most memorable parts of the movie and turn up the volume for the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
It is characteristic of the trend of his thought that he epitomizes the "Song of Songs" in the sentence: "Love is the pivot of the Torah."
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles
Kalanick succeeded with Uber with what many saw as a win-at-all-costs strategy epitomized in his staff instructions: “Cheat codes. Find them. Use them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Throughout his prolific career, he created many pieces that epitomized the city’s sun-drenched landscapes filled with glittering pools, rolling hills and lush foliage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The huge advancements in generative AI, epitomized by the release of ChatGPT, shocked him into action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Ruby Cochrane and Olga Nikolaeva epitomized the mindset Mira Costa brought to Saturday afternoon’s Southern Section Division 1 girls’ beach volleyball championship match at Long Beach City College.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
The passengers and driver laughed, but to Ma this episode epitomized her entire experience in Delaware, that darned turkey rolling down the darned aisle in front of all those darned people.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
Times restaurant critic Bill Addison as “deftly engineered chaos,” ultimately epitomizing the “L.A. dreamer, the go-getter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
A deal epitomizing the new era of resource nationalism was unveiled Wednesday when Glencore agreed to sell a stake in two African copper mines to a consortium backed by the U.S. government.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
Instead, one play into the second half showed they didn’t while also epitomizing all that went wrong on a day when the Seahawks ended up losing 37-3, tying the second-worst loss of the Carroll era.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
He launched a long-shot bid for a Democratic seat south of Chicago in 2009, epitomizing the “Young Guns” brand that McCarthy honed.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2022
It is a lively story, palpitating with strong feeling and epitomizing the blazing years of her anarchist activity.
From Emma Goldman Biographical Sketch by Charles Allan Madison
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