living embodiment
noun
: someone that is a perfect representative or example of a quality, characteristic, etc.
He is the living embodiment of cheapness.
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This year’s milestone event, ESSENCE 55, hosted by Brown & Perry, served as a living embodiment of the brand’s Community Compass — a global initiative launched at the dinner, rooted in deep listening and an unwavering commitment to amplifying the voices of Black women around the world.
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Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
The dude is the living embodiment of the gig-economy blues.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Despite the scandal and disillusionment that marked his later years, Hogan was the living embodiment of kayfabe — the elaborate fiction at the heart of professional wrestling.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Keep scrolling to get to know the drag artists who became the living embodiment of the colors that have come to mean so much—not just during Pride Month, but all year long.
—Allure Staff, Allure, 9 June 2025
As the living embodiment of that rage, the mesmerizing Izadyar comes to resemble a furious, wide-eyed wraith—an almost mythical agent of retribution.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The Spanish Riding School is one of Vienna’s most exquisite cultural experiences—a living embodiment of grace, discipline, and centuries-old tradition.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
For The 1st Time — At Lower Prices My grandmother, Alberta, a devout Jamaican Catholic who migrated to America before I was born, was a living embodiment of Pope Francis’s message.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
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Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
The dude is the living embodiment of the gig-economy blues.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Despite the scandal and disillusionment that marked his later years, Hogan was the living embodiment of kayfabe — the elaborate fiction at the heart of professional wrestling.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Keep scrolling to get to know the drag artists who became the living embodiment of the colors that have come to mean so much—not just during Pride Month, but all year long.
—Allure Staff, Allure, 9 June 2025
As the living embodiment of that rage, the mesmerizing Izadyar comes to resemble a furious, wide-eyed wraith—an almost mythical agent of retribution.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The Spanish Riding School is one of Vienna’s most exquisite cultural experiences—a living embodiment of grace, discipline, and centuries-old tradition.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
For The 1st Time — At Lower Prices My grandmother, Alberta, a devout Jamaican Catholic who migrated to America before I was born, was a living embodiment of Pope Francis’s message.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Living embodiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20embodiment. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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