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also glamourize
as in to idealize
to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
most people glamorize fame, not thinking of the lack of privacy that accompanies it
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Price wasn’t one to glamorize childhood, having endured a tough upbringing that included boarding school in Switzerland.
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
The Carhartt brand is such an iconic and legendary American men’s workwear brand that’s not necessarily glamorized in a way that felt really right for Lily.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
Your Clothing Storage with This Clothing Rack Mount this industrial clothing rack to the wall to glamorize and modernize your clothing storage.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
And in to-be-expected Glossier fashion, the available eight hues feel modern and skin-like—enhancing one’s natural beauty rather than glamorizing it.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
The Carhartt brand is such an iconic and legendary American men’s workwear brand that’s not necessarily glamorized in a way that felt really right for Lily.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
Your Clothing Storage with This Clothing Rack Mount this industrial clothing rack to the wall to glamorize and modernize your clothing storage.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
And in to-be-expected Glossier fashion, the available eight hues feel modern and skin-like—enhancing one’s natural beauty rather than glamorizing it.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
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Outpost Inn is, like the very best of summer camps or idealized summer country homes, within a jumping-off point to stellar swimming, fishing, and hiking.Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2024
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In fact, even Gen Z—a generation that has popularized and idealized social media influencers to the point that more than half of its members would like to be one, according to one survey—is confused as to what the slang term actually means.Danielle Campoamor, Parents, 22 July 2024
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Maybe the current resurgence of bows in fashion stems from the desire to reclaim this narrative while simultaneously romanticizing our lives in turbulent times.Romany Williams, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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Such images were tools of propaganda that romanticized the Caribbean as a utopia after decades of associating the region with savagery and malady.Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
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Because that has always been more idolized and embraced than being a Black person in Latin America.Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
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And that’s before Deku realizes Dark Might even shares the same face as All Might, albeit a twisted, mirror image of the man he’s idolized for so long.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Glamorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamorize. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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