typifying

present participle of typify

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Verb
  • The parade ended with the release of 80,000 doves and an equal number of balloons in a visual spectacle symbolizing peace.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For every placement made, Next Level plants five trees, symbolizing both a family’s new home and a commitment to future generations.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While the details of the case are particular to one individual, experts say the outcome is far too common, illustrating the need for greater vigilance of, and advocacy around, a threat that kills a person every six minutes, according to the National Blood Clot Alliance.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That's why, for example, the US government has funded a series of Landsat satellites since 1972 to create an uninterrupted data catalog illustrating changes in global land use.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In them, Emily Bader can be seen embodying heroine Poppy Wright, a travel writer in a rut, opposite Tom Blyth as the dapper Alex Nilsen, her estranged best friend who leads a high school English class.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • They are joined by an ensemble including Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Greta Lee, Moses Ingram, and Jason Clarke, each embodying the cabinet members, military officers, and aides scrambling to prevent total disaster.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Typifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typifying. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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