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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In Baltimore, the System was personified by Donald Pomerleau, a former marine who would serve as the city’s police commissioner from 1966 to 1981.
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Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Among those embracing their moment is the slight Ms. Powell, who personifies both the sorry-not-sorry posture of many Jan. 6 participants and the steep price paid for their fealty to Mr. Trump.
—Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
This was perhaps best personified in a 1992 sketch that saw Clinton take an extended break from his jog to greet Americans at his local McDonalds.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
The career of Napoleon Bonaparte, a young upstart, personified the new reliance on personal ambition and, ironically, his dictatorship was a made possible by the liberalizing military reforms that enabled his ascent.
—Marjoleine Kars, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Among those embracing their moment is the slight Ms. Powell, who personifies both the sorry-not-sorry posture of many Jan. 6 participants and the steep price paid for their fealty to Mr. Trump.
—Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
This was perhaps best personified in a 1992 sketch that saw Clinton take an extended break from his jog to greet Americans at his local McDonalds.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
The career of Napoleon Bonaparte, a young upstart, personified the new reliance on personal ambition and, ironically, his dictatorship was a made possible by the liberalizing military reforms that enabled his ascent.
—Marjoleine Kars, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Personify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personify. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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