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typify

[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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023

Nonetheless, NEV sales that typify big-ticket spending have mirrored a tepid rebound in consumption after China abruptly ended COVID-19 containment measures late last year.

From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2023

In 2023 it is a city once again in flux, but as a tight-knit community whose residents typify what it means to be an Asian American — and the spectrum within.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023

In these myths we find those commanding characters which typify the strength and virtues of the race, as Achilles, Ulysses, Siegfried, Penelope, Thor, Apollo, Theseus, Hiawatha, Orpheus, Diana, Vulcan, Prometheus, and the Muses.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry

When everything else is stripped away, that alone typifies Martin’s failure of leadership.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

It’s co-hosted by British multihyphenate producer and entrepreneur Charles Finch, who presides over the affair with the charm and graciousness that typifies the best hosts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

Kwiyup typifies a new class of self-styled entrepreneurs who might traditionally be called freelancers and side hustlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

I am just the biggest fan of Unai Emery - he is an amazing coach and he typifies all that is great about the game.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

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

Few typified that effort quite like the fearless Lewis Hall.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 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

Now forgotten, Dillon, Read & Co. typified the Wall Street of roll-top desks and patrician dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

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 first-half offensive struggles, Smith decided to throw it and his pass to Lockett fell incomplete.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

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

He made asymmetrical cutouts in tight garments and put guys in the unconventional halter necks that, in pure anatomical terms, are well suited to the broad shoulders typifying an idealized masculine form.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

Of octagonal plan, its vaulting ribs branch out from sixteen Purbeck shafts which cluster round the central pillar, typifying the diocesan church with all its members gathered round its common father, the bishop.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer


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