epitomize
verb (used with object)
to contain or represent in small compass; serve as a typical example of; typify.
has epitomized
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present perfectof epitomize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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OpenAI’s relationship with Nvidia has epitomized concerns about circularity in artificial-intelligence deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
As this last week has epitomized, there is an ever-present lack of certainty hanging over the state of the Dodgers’ pitching staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Perhaps no team in the N.F.L. has epitomized just how wacky this season has been quite like Pittsburgh.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
Wilson has epitomized durability during his nine years in Seattle, plowing through knee, shoulder and ankle injuries like a walking Novocain ad.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
What the former age has epitomized into a formula or rule for manipular convenience, it will lose all the good of verifying for itself, by means of the wall of that rule.
From Essays — First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
