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Noun
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High Intrinsic Worth: Because production cost was high, each page carried weight and was often treated with reverence.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025 -
At Zwirner, a dimly gallery gives these solemn figures an air of reverence, with the stitched fabric and found objects of The Last Transmission (2024) resembling an offering to someone departed.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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There’s nothing basic about Denzel’s adoration for his wife, though.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Kathy Bates earns her Oscar and then some, taking Annie's terrifying adoration for James Caan's Sheldon to a disturbing, hide-your-eyes level.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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In particular the veneration of nationalistic, expansionist and militaristic periods of history.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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The veneration of Washington is fairly grounded in four distinct, civic-minded stages of his very public life.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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McRae stands alone as a pop allegiant, one with deference to the artists that came before her and a proclivity for their brand of spectacle.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Among those who have raised concern about Trump’s leverage over Adams were four of his deputy mayors, who submitted their resignations earlier this week due to their unease about his deference to the president, according to sources.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday laid bare the limits of a full-court press by America’s allies aimed at reshaping Trump’s determination to end Russia’s invasion even if the terms are not to Ukraine’s liking.—
Zeke Miller,
The Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2025
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And if Trump, as the new sheriff in town, occasionally decides on a whim to impose law and order, the results may not always be to Russia’s liking.—
Hanna Notte,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Idealization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealization. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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