exemplify
verb (used with object)
to show or illustrate by example.
exemplifies
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present tense formof exemplify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Except for the air assets, the fact that everyone else is a volunteer is awesome. It truly exemplifies the adage ‘Do unto others as you would want others to do unto you.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
According to Kieran no-one exemplifies this better than a young lad named Cali whom he met in Alabama.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
As the Oswald incident exemplifies, TV “news” often equals “downbeat,” if not “tragic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
He’s on the board of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and received its David Rockefeller Award, given to an “individual from the business community who exemplifies enlightened generosity.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Technology’s history exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process: that is, one that speeds up at a rate that increases with time, because the process catalyzes itself.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
