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
Within the Clippers, perhaps no one has epitomized that sentiment as much as the 24-year-old who uttered it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
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
Wall has epitomized a basketball truism that a point guard elevates the games of his teammates, as he has done it for Washington Wizards Bradley Beal, Otto Porter Jr., Markieff Morris and Marcin Gortat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2017
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
