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This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.
his personal code of behavior on the playing field is epitomized by his favorite saying, “Nice guys finish last”
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Snyder’s instinct follows the nonacademic, subcultural Heavy Metal to reboot Star Wars, reveling in psychic displacement — epitomized by Rebel Moon’s alienated figures, all struggling with the narcissistic tendencies seen in contemporary politics.
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Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024
Projects like the one in Orange Cove epitomize a serious environmental injustice.
—Ben Jealous, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
The Dodgers needed Flaherty to be a top-of-the-rotation pitcher and solidify a rotation unsettled by key absences (including Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Walker Buehler) and recent underperformances (epitomized by clunkers from Clayton Kershaw and Gavin Stone earlier this week).
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
For some, the promise of reparations has been nothing more than fool's gold, epitomized by a bill in Congress that's stalled since it was first introduced in the 1980s, even though it's aimed at studying reparations and named after the original promise.
—Sophie Austin The Associated Press/ Report For America, arkansasonline.com, 25 July 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024
Projects like the one in Orange Cove epitomize a serious environmental injustice.
—Ben Jealous, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
The Dodgers needed Flaherty to be a top-of-the-rotation pitcher and solidify a rotation unsettled by key absences (including Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Walker Buehler) and recent underperformances (epitomized by clunkers from Clayton Kershaw and Gavin Stone earlier this week).
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
For some, the promise of reparations has been nothing more than fool's gold, epitomized by a bill in Congress that's stalled since it was first introduced in the 1980s, even though it's aimed at studying reparations and named after the original promise.
—Sophie Austin The Associated Press/ Report For America, arkansasonline.com, 25 July 2024
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“Epitomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epitomize. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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epitomize
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epit·o·mize
i-ˈpit-ə-ˌmīz 
epitomized; epitomizing
: to make or serve as an epitome of
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