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typify

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as in to exemplify

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Recent Examples of typify The system, which serves 100,000 residents in Iowa City and its surrounding, mostly rural communities, typifies the challenges most libraries face. — Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 18 May 2026 Defying the odds Pavia typifies this larger, more varied group of players who have taken similar journeys. — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 As outlined by Serious Eats and Food and Wine, Indiana's version is typified by its simplicity, cost-effectiveness and the mass volume of black pepper featured. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Apr. 2026 Both exhibitions typify the value of artist-run spaces, from the non-sanitized look of the Rice Hotel to the dynamics of the shows themselves. — Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for typify

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Steiner exemplifies a low-resource lifestyle, while local activists voiced concerns over Berlin's declining cycling infrastructure.

— Nick Nuttall, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Instead, Henrietta exemplifies the way in which many women were involved in the production of texts and scientific research at the time, particularly within upper-class families, such as the Darwins.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

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The look symbolized her character, trapeze artist Anna Wheeler, who flew through the air, similar to a monarch.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Despite growing tourism and a strong farming economy, Calabria symbolizes southern Italy's lack of development compared to the more wealthy and industrialized north.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of symbolize

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Governing Oceans Through Data Indonesia’s experience illustrates a broader global transformation in maritime governance.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
By redoing it, albeit with more high-tech equipment than was available in 1919, Harksen hopes to illustrate that even monumental experiments can be re-created by the average person.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

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Led by husband-and-wife team Austin and Olivia Kelleher, each headcover is made in the Hudson Valley and embodies sustainability, artistry, and the enduring spirit of the game.

— RS Editors, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
Their solution targets embodied carbon, the emissions baked into the hardware before it is ever switched on, encompassing all the energy and process gases consumed in manufacturing it.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026

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