epitomes

noun

plural of epitome
1
as in summaries
a short statement of the main points the golden rule is often cited as the epitome of moral conduct: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"

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2
as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) the prestigious prep school prides itself on being widely regarded as the epitome of tradition and old-fashioned values in his finely tailored suit, he was the very epitome of style and sophistication

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3
as in perfections
the most perfect type or example Mahatma Gandhi is often cited as the epitome of resolute reformer who uses nonviolence to bring about social and political change

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  1. summaries
  2. manifestations
  3. perfections
  4. incarnations
  5. classics
  6. ideals
  7. models
  8. exemplars
Noun
  • With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The rollout includes Genmoji, notification summaries, Writing Tools, and the Clean Up photo-editing tool.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Compared with the political circus in Washington and the malaise in the rest of America, such surface-level manifestations of China’s wealth and power often lead to sweeping conclusions about relative national trajectories.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of manifestations
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  • The collection is built around a fascination of the forest, its mystery, beauty, and the sublime forces of nature, its perfections and imperfections.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of perfections
Noun
  • Most of these programs did not have physical forms in their original MCU incarnations, but appear in human form within the world inside Vision’s mind.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • One of the true survivors The 71-year-old Zeiler is one of the true survivors of the various incarnations of Warner Bros over the past 14 years.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of incarnations
Noun
  • Back in the main hotel building, Il Faro Trattoria has sweeping sea views from its terrace and serves Italian classics including pizza and pasta.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The Alhambra Orchestra and Greater Miami Youth Symphony team up for a multimedia Halloween concert filled with movie themes and eerie classics.
    — Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of classics
Noun
  • The nearly three dozen members of Troop 32 strive to live by the ideals of Scout Law.
    — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Some risked their lives for journalistic ideals, others for no clear reason.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of ideals
Noun
  • Associate Laboratory Director Jess Gehin said engineers currently rely on models to predict how this reactor design will perform.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That may sound counterintuitive, given that Chinese open-source models have won plaudits worldwide for their low costs—and that China has cheap power.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of models
Noun
  • Summary Dolly Parton and Oscar Wilde, despite their vastly different origins, are celebrated as exemplars of authentic personal branding.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • One of this model’s best exemplars is an object known as MoM-BH*-1, first found in JWST images from 2023 and the subject of a paper published today in Nature.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
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“Epitomes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epitomes. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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