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exemplifies

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present tense third-person singular of exemplify

as in illustrates

to show or make clear by using examples in your review you don't really exemplify your points with specific examples from the novel

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Recent Examples of exemplifies Caitlyn Kumi's Her Collective exemplifies this trend, attracting thousands of millennial women to its exclusive, vetted community. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 This exemplifies a reactive legal framework that pursues accountability in hindsight rather than enforcing prevention at the front end. — Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 The White House Cuba report exemplifies the false binaries that predominate in discussions about Cuba on both the left and right. — Anne Garland Mahler, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 Efrat Tolkowsky, a Reichman University lecturer and former member of the Tel Aviv City Council representing Meretz, a left-wing party that for years ran on a pro-peace platform, exemplifies that shift. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026 Part of Georgia’s Golden Isles, Sea Island exemplifies old-school Southern luxury while maintaining a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere. — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026 To many, no other dessert exemplifies indulgence, legacy, craft — and maybe even a friendly dose of snobbery — quite like Sant Ambroeus’ principessa cake. — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 Fauci’s conduct during COVID exemplifies the dangers posed by Big Players in science. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026

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The episode illustrates a less visible part of keeping older military aircraft flying.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
That, Manuel says, illustrates the class divide that has been so ingrained in the Philippines.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

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IonQ’s partnership with Sandia National Laboratories also demonstrates its increasing national-security relevance.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The research also demonstrates the JWST is more than capable of studying the dispersal of gas and dust around individual infant stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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