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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

“They lost so much in the fires yet they’re still doing so much for their community. They really epitomize the spirit that we felt was rising in L.A.,”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 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 glamour of the town’s new honorary residents appears at stark odds with Mr. Richards’s neighborhood of Caia Park, a long deprived corner of Wrexham that came to epitomize the town’s decline.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 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

With Craftsman bungalows and tree-lined streets, the city still epitomizes suburban U.S.A. — but now has a hip new twist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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

Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac, this brand-new, modern home epitomizes luxury.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

In discussing the question of electric-light injuries of the eyes Gould reviews the literature of the subject and epitomizes the cases reported up to that time.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

The huge advancements in generative AI, epitomized by the release of ChatGPT, shocked him into action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The finish was epitomized in the final minutes when, leading by five, Smart had a lunging, slapping steal before throwing a perfect bounce pass to a driving James, who finished with a dunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Chinese immigrant Polly Bemis epitomized the pioneer-woman ideal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

Some longevity influencers attract rubbernecking for their quixotic quests to live forever, epitomized by venture capitalist Bryan Johnson’s vampiric infusions of his teenage son’s blood plasma.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026

He too epitomized Chief Luthuli’s precept: “Let your courage rise with danger.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

If a ball doesn’t bounce off one Seahawk’s helmet on one play or a Brown’s hands on another, this team is 4-3 and epitomizing average.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

A recently discovered bird with a T. rex-like skull was unearthed in China — epitomizing, in one bizarre fossil, a visual representation of the long, strange evolution from dinosaurs to birds.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 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

Meanwhile the Soviets, epitomizing their policy of conditional help, held their own forces back, lending only long-distance firepower in times of greatest need.

From Oberheim (Voices) by Christopher Leadem