as in to embody
to represent in visible form
through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity
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Recent Examples of personify
And as for innovation, German engineering – perhaps best personified at Leica by Oskar Barnack – put the company on the map as a leader in its field.
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Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
California personified Three presidents, all Republicans, had California ties: Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
Spots is canine loyalty personified, and Schreiber voices the role like a dutiful soldier.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Nobody personified this better than Stairs, who cheerfully acknowledged his simple goal to go deep every swing.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
California personified Three presidents, all Republicans, had California ties: Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
Spots is canine loyalty personified, and Schreiber voices the role like a dutiful soldier.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Nobody personified this better than Stairs, who cheerfully acknowledged his simple goal to go deep every swing.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personify
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Rubbing Salt In The Wound: Expatriation Tax Regime The current expatriation regime is embodied in IRC Section 877A, enacted in 2008 to deter wealthy Americans from renouncing citizenship to avoid taxes.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Among its other attributes, Superman is shot through with a winning modesty, embodied by Reeve’s no-big-deal depiction of Superman.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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The Ace of Wands invites you to embrace this fresh, creative energy and start to express your true self more.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 July 2025
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Nearly half of transgender boys and men express worry that accessing care would result in someone calling the police or being involuntarily hospitalized, according to The Trevor Project’s 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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But these products should be flexible enough to incorporate material feedback from financial institutions and deliver strategic rules and solutions that help keep fraud detection one step ahead of fraudsters.—
Sunny Banerjee,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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These new models incorporate forward-looking climate data, including projections of extreme rainfall, sea-level rise and changing storm patterns — factors FEMA's maps generally exclude.—
Jeremy Porter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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“Personify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personify. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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