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Recent Examples of typify
Privatization tends to yield significant cost savings and service improvements precisely because providers are not subject to the politicization and other shackles that typify monopolistic government provision of services.
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Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
This so called axis of resistance typified the limbs of Iran whose chest brandished a panoply of weapons targeting Israel.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
And it was really typified by the fact that almost every day, a crew member would come up to me and say, ‘Thank you so much for shooting this here.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 June 2025
There’s no need to trot out all the research linking a diet high in fat, which typifies fast food, to poor health; that information is well known.
—Paul McClure 19, New Atlas, 19 May 2025
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Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
This so called axis of resistance typified the limbs of Iran whose chest brandished a panoply of weapons targeting Israel.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
And it was really typified by the fact that almost every day, a crew member would come up to me and say, ‘Thank you so much for shooting this here.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 June 2025
There’s no need to trot out all the research linking a diet high in fat, which typifies fast food, to poor health; that information is well known.
—Paul McClure 19, New Atlas, 19 May 2025
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Microsoft's partnership with Be My Eyes exemplifies this approach, using high-quality, disability-representative data to improve AI accuracy and reduce bias.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Now ready for pre-sale, the Sync Oven and Sync Air Fryer exemplify an idea beyond a kitchen tool, one that replaces hesitation with clarity and guesswork with certainty.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Biden and, by extension, Harris will be remembered even and perhaps especially by Democrats as symbolizing disappointment and defeat.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Its alignment with figures like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un symbolizes the isolation and reputational decay of a regime that relies on coercion rather than consent.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The timing, although likely coincidental, illustrated the dilemma Democrats currently face.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Still, Carney’s lyrical piece, a sort of prose poem-flash fiction hybrid, written from the point of view of an unborn baby, illustrates a womb space at once protective and cage-like.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even rich gentrifiers embody both use and exchange values.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Increasingly dismayed, Dudek hatched a plan that seemed to embody his mix of good intentions, hubris and melodrama.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Typify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typify. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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