emblemize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of emblemize
First recorded in 1630–40; emblem ( def. ) + -ize ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Sixty-six years later – with newspapers less interested in philosophy than finance – Giacometti’s sculptures retain their iconic status, though what they emblemize is rather different.
From Forbes
What Zynga and similar companies emblemize is that the world has finally entered a structural revolution unlike anything since the dawn of computing.
From Forbes
Gone, Diana seemed to emblemize the word; she was everything gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
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If the values of American initiative need commending, Reagan will shed his spotlight on a Mother Hale of Harlem, as he did in the 1985 State of the Union message, and elevate one woman to emblemize an entire economic and social theory.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some of these fabrics emblemize the blue heaven glittering with silver stars; others the clouds, with sunlight shimmering through them.
From Project Gutenberg
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