epitomized

past tense of epitomize

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Recent Examples of epitomized Her entrance at the CFG Bank Arena show epitomized her persona and personality. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 July 2026 It was epitomized in that Oranje march but now evident all over the area. Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 That's epitomized by her relationship with Jace. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 The value of coming together to share conversation and a glass of wine is a concept epitomized by the grassroots organization Come Together – A Community for Wine, Inc. Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 For an older generation, Marty Scorsese epitomized cool. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 The now-tony West London locale was considered a destitute enclave for artists and bohemians at the time, and Hockney's flat epitomized this lifestyle. Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026 His example epitomized what leadership can look like amid the uncertainty associated with negotiations of this sort. Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 The project’s complexity was, in many ways, epitomized by its final architectural puzzle piece. CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epitomized
Verb
  • For musical theater historians, this shift could be summarized as a handoff from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim, whose postmodern cynicism and fractured narratives better match the tenor of the times.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026
  • One guest summarized what went wrong with what was supposed to be the wedding of the year.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • The goal is to provide a more accurate, stable, and practical data foundation for training embodied AI systems in real-world environments.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
  • The actor first embodied Jameson in Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy, which kicked off with 2002’s Spider-Man, directed by Sam Raimi.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Neither Becerra nor his Republican opponent, Steve Hilton, have outlined exactly what their telework policy would be, but unions have petitioned the candidates to adopt more generous rules for state employees’ remote work.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • Secret Service officials on Tuesday outlined major security modifications to the White House perimeter, including removing swords from statues and replacing temporary fencing with permanent access control measures.
    Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences over the tragedy and wrote on social media that the Indian Embassy was providing all possible assistance.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • Nearly 80% of respondents in Portland expressed some level of concern about privacy.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • The look symbolized her character, trapeze artist Anna Wheeler, who flew through the air, similar to a monarch.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
  • The flag’s initial design featured zigzag stripes in blue, yellow, white, red, and green on a black background; the zigzags symbolized the barriers around which people with disabilities need to maneuver.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Poor due diligence in executive hiring, exemplified by Kohl's firing of CEO Ashley Buchanan for conflict of interest, can cause significant financial and reputational damage.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Those concerns are exemplified in a Bloomberg News report Thursday , which said Starbucks is using AI to develop internal tools that could replace software purchased from Microsoft and IBM.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 July 2026

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“Epitomized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epitomized. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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