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Recent Examples of typify
The eye invites the viewer to appreciate the action—or, more specifically, the dozens of high-level decisions and acrobatic actions that so often typify Black people at play.
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Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
The scene typifies the sort of East Coast attitude the Boston native Wahlberg aimed to bring to The Union from the project’s inception.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The opacity and mixed results of the camera program over two decades is typified by the camera on the corner where the July 2023 shooting took place: Chicago and Central Park avenues in Humboldt Park.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Mark’s personality, which is typified by the impulsivity of youth, is well complemented by Ben, played with a soft-spoken and bookish posture by Pullman (recently seen as a grifter in Elizabeth Banks’ slight but entertaining thriller Skincare).
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
The scene typifies the sort of East Coast attitude the Boston native Wahlberg aimed to bring to The Union from the project’s inception.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The opacity and mixed results of the camera program over two decades is typified by the camera on the corner where the July 2023 shooting took place: Chicago and Central Park avenues in Humboldt Park.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Mark’s personality, which is typified by the impulsivity of youth, is well complemented by Ben, played with a soft-spoken and bookish posture by Pullman (recently seen as a grifter in Elizabeth Banks’ slight but entertaining thriller Skincare).
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for typify
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An onlooker snapped a picture, which seemed to exemplify the lawlessness that is inherent to why some people love sideshows and others hate them.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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His wartime London contains worlds within worlds, many of them unexpected, as Rita and George in their ways exemplify the old British mantra of keeping calm and carrying on, even when doing so seems impossible.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The number of minutes symbolizes every cyclist or pedestrian killed by a driver in the United States in 2022.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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The aftermath of Israel’s 1982 invasion illustrates another stark fact: permanently weakening or even defeating an organization can give rise to new ones.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion.Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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The measure also targets fentanyl dealing and possession, which has come to embody the deadliest dimensions of the national opioid epidemic.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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These products, which also make great hostess gifts or stocking stuffers, embody the scents of the season and are a true nod to Christmas.Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Typify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typify. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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