as in to embody
to represent in visible form
through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity
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The governor’s shuffle, in Madrid’s view, personifies a reckoning happening within a Democratic Party focused on identity politics in 2024 without realizing that Trump was winning over voters on economic issues.
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Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
And he’s personified it in Rex Calabrese (Louis Cancelmi, seemingly on loan from Martin Scorsese’s current evil-gangster rep company), the local capo and criminal protector.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
In these videos, Professor EP is either an AI voice or a person using a voice changer and is personified as a person in stock footage wearing a suit and a silver Guy Fawkes mask.
—Jason Koebler, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
Emotionally, the investment was incontrovertible the past week, from Wade’s tribute to the Heat’s past legends to the praise of a future personified by current center Bam Adebayo.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
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Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
And he’s personified it in Rex Calabrese (Louis Cancelmi, seemingly on loan from Martin Scorsese’s current evil-gangster rep company), the local capo and criminal protector.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
In these videos, Professor EP is either an AI voice or a person using a voice changer and is personified as a person in stock footage wearing a suit and a silver Guy Fawkes mask.
—Jason Koebler, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
Emotionally, the investment was incontrovertible the past week, from Wade’s tribute to the Heat’s past legends to the praise of a future personified by current center Bam Adebayo.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Personify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personify. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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