How to Use typology in a Sentence

typology

noun
  • To say this all neat typology strains credulity is to miss the point and be miserable.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Still, any familiarity with these typologies is sent to rout by the images themselves.
    — Ocean Vuong, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Many risk typologies—like multi-accounting, bonus abuse or cross-border fund movements—cut across both domains.
    — Tamas Kadar, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Pew released its latest typology on Tuesday, the eighth in the series.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Ehrman Crest redefines the typology of a classroom, which sometimes has a sterile feel to it.
    — Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The story posits that the rental market for single-family homes has held up because renters of that typology have more money.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • There are also other Jewish groups which don’t fit neatly into this typology.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2011
  • The movement of capital and people across boundaries, housing typologies, and value systems is fun to study.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And the internal rifts within both parties have shifted somewhat since the last Pew typology report four years ago.
    — Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
  • This is how the adventure began, looking for what would be the ideal typology for a spacious food hall in Manhattan.
    — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 3 Apr. 2019
  • The Mynt rethinks the typology from the ground up with a form-forward silhouette that supports the body without looking out of place with the rest of your space.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
  • At the heart of the book is FitzGerald’s compelling typology of offshore border strategies in use today.
    — Paul A. Kramer, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2019
  • In Melancholia, the sisters’ typologies change at surface level.
    — Mallika Rao, The Atlantic, 9 May 2020
  • The water consumption is reduced by a target of 50% relative to a benchmark building of the same typology and use.
    — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But in Aristotle’s typology, where virtue is a mean between two opposing extremes, the opposite of a vice tends to be another vice.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Whatever their provenance, typology or scope, crises have the potential to do significant and far-reaching damage.
    — Erika James, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The plotline reads as a fascination with the typology of a young, charismatic president who has an unusual connection to the pulse of his country.
    — Courtney Sender, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The typology of small and young companies that SBDCs seek to serve is different from just a few years ago let alone a few decades ago.
    — Dane Stangler, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • And governments should get out of the way, allowing producer and consumer to meet to exchange value regardless of what the typology or size or location of housing might be.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • One of the more popular typologies is the single family built to rent, growing its footprint due to affordability and the desire for community.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • By the way, there’s a long connection between the Los Angeles Times and the political typology project.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
  • While the typologies and clients may change, Yazdani Studio always seems to pivot back to culture, creating spaces that can shape interactions.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Adding to the difficulty in setting the variations of stones is that each watch had to be adjusted according to the typology, hardness and other specifics according to the makeup of each type of stone.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Instead of forcing its allies to close the pipelines, Washington was busy creating typologies of the different groups fighting in Syria.
    — Bassel F. Salloukh, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2014
  • My point here was to illustrate not only that typologies can co-exist happily on the same block but that the very diversity in typology was, in fact, what gives 14th its identity.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Troisi produces a classic line of these typologies, which offer excellent varietal character and harmony, while his vineyard (or selezione) line of wines are among the finest examples in Irpinia.
    — Tom Hyland, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • For an outsider — a Frenchman raised in the Loire Valley, no less — to challenge a building typology that is effectively a Swiss national brand, was risky.
    — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The stone captures a geologic and artist history, while suggesting utility through a furniture-adjacent typology.
    — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And while typology is by nature a rigid, formal framework, it’s somewhat allowed for surprising connections between German artists across generations, and through to the digital age.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • As some local observers have noted, many of these Victorian shops were intended as a typology that combines commercial with residential use, with the idea being that shop owners would live above their business.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 5 July 2023

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