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epitome

[ih-pit-uh-mee] / ɪˈpɪt ə mi /




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People like Rupar, who post candid videos and photos that reveal his human weakness, pierce through the increasingly fragile White House efforts to prop up the 80-year-old president as the epitome of strength and masculinity.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Die Spitz’s set felt like the epitome of what Daisy Chain was all about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

South Africa "should be the epitome of Pan-Africanism. We talk about African integration. We talk about free movement… even if you have issues with high immigration, is this how you resolve it?"

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

For many, Aaron Copland’s ballets are the epitome of “American music.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Our lack of brothers and sisters makes it easier to imagine that we are the epitome of creation, and that a chasm separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

I think that is especially apropos for this epoch in our country and I hope everyone votes for whom they think epitomes that sentiment--regardless of political party of affiliation.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016

“Symphony in C” has long been one of the epitomes of high-orthodox ballet classicism.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2013

I read Paradise Lost, or Richard III, it is clear that Milton and Shakespeare took real pleasure and satisfaction from creating these epitomes of evil.

From The Guardian ● May 15, 2013

Sometimes the very men who became epitomes of chivalric virtue turned away from its presumptions in disgust.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011

In 1851 and 1853 respectively he published epitomes of the above.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various


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