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
“Their play style is relentless. I think of so many plays in games where guys are fighting that extra inch and those guys epitomize that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
More than any other ocean-dwelling creature, they epitomize the movement to save, as the saying goes, wildlife in the ocean.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
But it’s those first five names mentioned in this column that epitomize the distinction between the Mariners and the rest of the league.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 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
“To me, he kind of epitomizes a lot of the success that we’ve had looking back,” Friedman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac, this brand-new, modern home epitomizes luxury.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Madame Paquin, the famous French dressmaker, told me casually an incident that epitomizes the mental inheritance of the women of a military nation once more plunged abruptly into war.
From The Living Present by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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
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 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
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
Altogether there were four brothers—he, Henry, Walter, and Garland—and they epitomized old-time cool: suave, handsome black men who worked hard, drank hard, dressed well, liked fine women and new money.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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
This idea — of Earth's lifeforms as epitomizing a collective, life-cultivating system — has a long history: the ancient Greeks called Earth "Gaia," the mother of all life.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2022
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
The hitting is far more to blame than the pitching for their struggles, and if you’re looking for a pair of players epitomizing the offensive disappointment, it’s Frazier and Winker.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
On the other hand, it is clear from the Cento Novelle that the more dramatic episodes of history and myth were being submitted to the same epitomizing treatment.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
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