as in to embody
to represent in visible form
through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity
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Recent Examples of personify
And as for innovation, German engineering – perhaps best personified at Leica by Oskar Barnack – put the company on the map as a leader in its field.
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Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
California personified Three presidents, all Republicans, had California ties: Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
Spots is canine loyalty personified, and Schreiber voices the role like a dutiful soldier.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Nobody personified this better than Stairs, who cheerfully acknowledged his simple goal to go deep every swing.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
California personified Three presidents, all Republicans, had California ties: Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
Spots is canine loyalty personified, and Schreiber voices the role like a dutiful soldier.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Nobody personified this better than Stairs, who cheerfully acknowledged his simple goal to go deep every swing.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personify
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Rubbing Salt In The Wound: Expatriation Tax Regime The current expatriation regime is embodied in IRC Section 877A, enacted in 2008 to deter wealthy Americans from renouncing citizenship to avoid taxes.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The new conference space embodies a chic dining area, opposed to a stereotypically bland meeting room.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 July 2025
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John McEnroe, never shy with an opinion, has expressed skepticism about pickleball — yet even his tennis academy on Randall’s Island in New York City has converted five existing tennis courts to 12 indoor pickleball courts.—
Stefan Boyland,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
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Though the director has publicly expressed his desire to retire the character — even revealing plans to kill her off in a 2018 interview on Bevy Smith’s SiriusXM show Bevelations — fan support has kept her alive.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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But these products should be flexible enough to incorporate material feedback from financial institutions and deliver strategic rules and solutions that help keep fraud detection one step ahead of fraudsters.—
Sunny Banerjee,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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These new models incorporate forward-looking climate data, including projections of extreme rainfall, sea-level rise and changing storm patterns — factors FEMA's maps generally exclude.—
Jeremy Porter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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“Personify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personify. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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