exemplifications

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one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like a futile war that is now regarded as the exemplification of national naïveté and arrogance

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  • That the ideal was so ancient, and the examples so few, is precisely what makes the discipline remarkable.
    — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • One of the earliest examples of sampling technology, its peculiar tone was initially conceived so that anybody could play, say, a flute, by using a tape recording of that flute remapped onto the notes of a keyboard.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
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