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Recent Examples of exemplifies
Alicia Keys has crafted an amazing story that exemplifies how we are all connected in one way or another.
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Produced independently, the work exemplifies the festival’s attention to animation as an accessible tool for personal essay cinema.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Dunn’s attorneys say the case exemplifies government overreach.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Resolved or not, Franco, Abrams, and Abernathy’s years-long financial purgatory also exemplifies the unfulfilled promises of #MeToo.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Comey’s defense argues that his 2020 exchange with Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, cannot legally constitute perjury, while critics say the case exemplifies the erosion of prosecutorial independence.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Uganda's tech ecosystem, from Hive CoLab to fintech startups addressing unbanked populations, exemplifies innovation from the ground up.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
The state of play in restaurant stocks, in particular, exemplifies the shortcomings of a purely top-down view.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
This Kobai wallpaper exemplifies one of our great small entryway ideas.
—Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Produced independently, the work exemplifies the festival’s attention to animation as an accessible tool for personal essay cinema.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Dunn’s attorneys say the case exemplifies government overreach.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Resolved or not, Franco, Abrams, and Abernathy’s years-long financial purgatory also exemplifies the unfulfilled promises of #MeToo.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Comey’s defense argues that his 2020 exchange with Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, cannot legally constitute perjury, while critics say the case exemplifies the erosion of prosecutorial independence.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Uganda's tech ecosystem, from Hive CoLab to fintech startups addressing unbanked populations, exemplifies innovation from the ground up.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
The state of play in restaurant stocks, in particular, exemplifies the shortcomings of a purely top-down view.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
This Kobai wallpaper exemplifies one of our great small entryway ideas.
—Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exemplifies
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The anecdote also illustrates a leadership philosophy Weeks has maintained throughout his tenure.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Pacific transit route The family’s experience illustrates how Ecuador has become a critical route in the cocaine trade.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Despite states’ commitments to protect the rights of journalists to carry out their work freely and safely, the lack of action by states demonstrates an alarming and deeply dangerous failure by the international community to uphold the rule of law when violations occur.—
Scott Griffen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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What’s next Our research demonstrates that policy-level solutions work.—
Anthony Bald,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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