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typifies

  • present tense form
    of typify (3rd person singular).
    typify
    verb (used with object)
    to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.

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These compromises create the dead-stick handling, latency and hysteresis that typifies your average two-box people mover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

That idea of connection across the community, and across generations, is something which typifies the essence of Morecambe's supporter base.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

Is there a particular dish from either restaurant that you think best typifies your current culinary approach and ethos?

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2024

But if McDavid, arguably the best player in the NHL, typifies the skill and grace with which the high-flying Oilers play, then Lizotte represents the blue-collar, lunch-bucket approach that defines the Kings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

What he was not interested in was the grueling fieldwork that typifies sociology.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt