as in to illustrate
to show or make clear by using examples
in your review you don't really exemplify your points with specific examples from the novel
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In the early 1950s, there were no minivans and very few van conversions, but station wagons were very popular family vehicles.
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David Krumboltz, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
While challenges remain, including regulatory approvals and ensuring passenger comfort with the new design, this partnership exemplifies the aviation industry’s dedication to innovation and sustainability.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
This team figures to have a different attitude come 2025, and these picks exemplify that.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Business leaders and Chinese Communist Party dignitaries have praised the penitentiary for exemplifying President Xi Jinping’s views on the rule of law.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025
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David Krumboltz, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
While challenges remain, including regulatory approvals and ensuring passenger comfort with the new design, this partnership exemplifies the aviation industry’s dedication to innovation and sustainability.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
This team figures to have a different attitude come 2025, and these picks exemplify that.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Business leaders and Chinese Communist Party dignitaries have praised the penitentiary for exemplifying President Xi Jinping’s views on the rule of law.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025
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The Gulf’s swelling economic and diplomatic clout has corresponded with interests replacing ideology as the chief driver of foreign policy, as illustrated by the remarkable (though ultimately aborted) negotiations toward the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 May 2025
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When Preparation Meets Opportunity To illustrate what success looks like, Kurtz pointed to Adam Zoller, CISO of CrowdStrike, who now sits on the board of AdventHealth.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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If everything old really is new again, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Lehigh Valley, Fairfax Industrial District and Hazelwood Green are some of the best examples, demonstrating what’s possible when fresh innovation takes root within legacy manufacturing sites.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The ability for adversaries to store histories of events that never actually occurred directly into an LLM’s memory database was demonstrated last year.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
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