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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

Both are trailblazing politicians, mixed-raced children with unusual names, whose biographies epitomize the nation’s changing face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

“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

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

“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

There is but one law of evolution, and that which holds for the individual epitomizes that of a nation, or a world.

From Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul by Scofield, Anna Bishop

Long gone are the days when Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” epitomized its 1980s swagger with his contrast-collar shirts and silk-printed ties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Chinese immigrant Polly Bemis epitomized the pioneer-woman ideal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

Robinson epitomized Sierra Canyon’s “refuse to lose” mindset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 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

She epitomized the attitude I wanted to emulate, to be true to yourself, even when the costs are high, while simultaneously uniting people through love and laughter.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

She jumped and screamed and tugged at her Reign crest in celebration, epitomizing the toughness and determination the club is known for.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

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

In briefly epitomizing this page of history, the plan here pursued is to adhere as far as possible to Japanese interpretations, since these must of necessity be most intelligent.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)