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[tip-uh-fahy] / ˈtɪp əˌfaɪ /


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What better show to typify that era of relative calm than what the characters on “Seinfeld” described as a show about nothing?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

The hashtag #PoorMartha was used on social media to typify fans’ glee at her susceptibility.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2023

Wales' shirt numbers were falling off to confuse matters and typify the frantic opening exchanges.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2023

If it was a noninflammatory comment, it also is the kind that has seemed to come to typify who Witherspoon is — someone who doesn’t appear to be too awed by much of anything.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2023

Foreshadow, fōr-shad′ō, v.t. to shadow or typify beforehand.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Mr. Macfarlane’s Norwegian allusion typifies this feast of a book.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Is there a particular dish from either restaurant that you think best typifies your current culinary approach and ethos?

From Salon Aug. 17, 2024

But if McDavid, arguably the best player in the NHL, typifies the skill and grace with which the high-flying Oilers play, then Lizotte represents the blue-collar, lunch-bucket approach that defines the Kings.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2024

As typifies a labor of love, the music, not the pay, is the thing.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2024

What he was not interested in was the grueling fieldwork that typifies sociology.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

They also suggest that the disinflation earlier this year may have been another of the false dawns that have typified recent Fed performance.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

He typified the Lakers’ adaptability with 32 assists in the last five games of the regular season after averaging 1.7 assists per game since joining the team.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2026

And Monday - the 10th day of an operation that has rattled allies and shaken markets - typified this confusion around the war's timeline and ultimate goals.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

The government will hope to draw a line under a tumultuous 2025, with what they hope is an investment boom typified by recent announcements on Heathrow and on a new northern train line.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2026

There was even a brand of harsh satire in my parents’ quest itself, because it typified the American belief that everything can be solved by doctors.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The work was unveiled in 1920 in a ceremony that lauded Otis for typifying “the ideal which first brought men and women to America.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2024

But typifying the way Penny’s career has gone since Seattle drafted him 27th overall in 2018, Penny suffered a hamstring injury on the play and sat out the rest of the first half.

From Seattle Times Nov. 22, 2021

Before expending the effort typifying one's love language, it is worth inquiring: is the concept is actually psychologically meaningful, or just another batch of pop psychology B.S.?

From Salon Aug. 6, 2021

The jeans are described on Nordstrom's website as typifying "rugged, Americana workwear" and "hard-working action".

From BBC Apr. 25, 2017

Death with a stole about his neck stands behind the preacher, and holds a jaw-bone over his head, typifying perhaps thereby that he is the best preacher of the two.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis




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