typifies

present tense third-person singular of typify

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Verb
  • Subtle, artful, and not overly formal, Wolfsbane exemplifies what makes San Francisco one of America’s premier fine-dining destinations.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
  • And Butler’s new home outside San Diego perhaps best exemplifies this fact.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The ceremony concluded with three rings of a bell, a firefighter tradition that symbolizes the ending of a firefighter’s duty.
    Mary Ella Hastings June 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
  • And though the coast gets its name from the city of Amalfi—once the seat of a powerful maritime republic—no town symbolizes this fabled stretch of coast more acutely than Positano.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • Radio traffic from early Tuesday evening illustrates how close together a string of shootings occurred along Kansas City highways that left four injured and one dead.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • According to Skic, the exhibit illustrates how the Declaration's influence extended far beyond the Revolutionary era and became part of the argument for expanding civil rights to more Americans.
    Josh Sanders, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Before each showing, attendees are invited to a discussion over dinner that explores the trilogy’s themes of fear, chaos, pain, justice, sacrifice and what ultimately personifies the good life.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • His renaissance has been emphatic and, in many ways, personifies Villa’s campaign.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 May 2026
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“Typifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typifies. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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