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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for typify
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Her journey from a mechanical engineering student to the chief technology officer who helped create ChatGPT exemplifies the rapid transformation of both AI technology and the careers of those building it.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Those uses exemplify the positive potential of AI tools.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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The almost science-fiction contraption, made by the Dutch firm ASML and heavily reliant on technology devised in the US, has come to symbolize the gap between China and the West.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Cohen then took a chainsaw to a small replica of the Pentagon, with fake dollar bills flowing out to symbolize the waste, as people who had gathered there cheered.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Shot on location surrounded by her horses, the campaign illustrates elevated pieces designed for today’s modern wardrobe, and shows Springsteen in her truest from.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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These statistics illustrate the trend of how Americans are starting to delay major milestones like getting married, adopting a pet, buying a house, and having children for a wide variety of reasons, namely owing to inflation and the cost of living.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Even in antiquity, some thinkers embodied this courage.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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The bigger test, Powell says, was embodying the character.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Typify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typify. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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