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epitome

[ih-pit-uh-mee] / ɪˈpɪt ə mi /




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Today, it’s been adopted as a quasi-anthem for the U.S. and the epitome of American progressivism.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Surely the currency on which our economy runs is the epitome of a public good?

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Candid and unsparing with its author’s often acerbic views, “Miles” is a revelatory look at the man whose blazing ambition created the epitome of cool.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Davidson also revealed that the home is the epitome of privacy, as it is an acre from the road.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 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

These are not the complex epitomes that show the extent of a wine’s potential.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2020

To present its hippest neighborhoods as epitomes of a cosmopolitanism that hasn’t turned its back on tradition.

From The Guardian Jan. 25, 2017

“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

Though generally considered epitomes of wisdom, they should, almost all of them, be received with a qualification.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various




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