personification
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Ms. Acton, who holds degrees in medicine and public health, thus found herself the personification of public health, for Ohio’s 12 million residents, during the worst medical crisis in the past century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
John is the personification of Clough on the pitch, he played the way Clough wanted to play and knew exactly what Clough wanted.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
The best personification of this reality is Sen. Padilla.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
When they do finally meet, “it’s an explosion, like the personification of an unstoppable force colliding with an immovable object,” said Watts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
But then, when I was the personification of evil, I was going through it.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Neither of the Haywoods feel quite like “real” people but rather like heightened personifications of artists hungry to become part of the movie-making business — no matter the cost.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022
Surrounding Usher are personifications of his inner voices, six taunting denizens of his psyche that nag and mock, undermine and throw shade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
It's about Dream, one of several immortal siblings who are anthropomorphic personifications of different aspects of the human condition.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022
Some people who would like to mitigate the harm of these behaviors have clearly recognized the value of turning to those personifications of celluloid masculinity.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2020
Were these angels real angels, or were they personifications of good, of comfort?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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