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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Since her remarkable novel The Flamethrowers came out in 2013, Kushner has personified cool in American letters.
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The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
His struggles with injuries have personified the 49ers problems this season in what has been a down year for the Bay Area team having lost in last season’s Super Bowl.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
In retrospect, the New York art world of the 1980s that so exhilarated me—the world personified for me by Marden, Samaras, Serra, and Stella—seems almost laughably tiny and limited.
—Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
The governor’s shuffle, in Madrid’s view, personifies a reckoning happening within a Democratic Party focused on identity politics in 2024 without realizing that Trump was winning over voters on economic issues.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
His struggles with injuries have personified the 49ers problems this season in what has been a down year for the Bay Area team having lost in last season’s Super Bowl.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
In retrospect, the New York art world of the 1980s that so exhilarated me—the world personified for me by Marden, Samaras, Serra, and Stella—seems almost laughably tiny and limited.
—Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
The governor’s shuffle, in Madrid’s view, personifies a reckoning happening within a Democratic Party focused on identity politics in 2024 without realizing that Trump was winning over voters on economic issues.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Personify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personify. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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