apotheosize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apotheosize
Verb
  • Weeping delights in the exalted, the sublime, the magnificent — a symphony, a vista, megafauna, even a brilliant dissertation.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In developing proprietary colors and in-house embroideries, the late founder set a template that Shukla is exalting.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Often thought of as stuffy and overly formal, the best tablecloths can actually dignify even the coldest of leftovers and low-effort weeknight dinners.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Jericho, unswayed by the use of his first name, did not dignify this question with an answer.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gelles avoids lionizing Patagonia’s leader, describing Chouinard’s mercurial leadership style that often bewildered his staff at Patagonia.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That was under a government led by the founders of the state, and much lionized by liberal Zionists.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In certain circles, the book was canonized.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • All saints get their own day of celebration and remembrance, and this year marks the first one for Acutis, who was canonized by Pope Leo XIV earlier this year — the first such ceremony to be performed by the new pope.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her talents in that regard are catching up to the appreciation for her vocal chops, as evidenced in how she was nominated at the most recent Americana Honors & Awards for Emerging Act of the Year, kudos that wouldn’t come if she was only revered as a vocal stylist.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Some cultures revere their older citizens as wise leaders.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Now, the singer has dropped her Folded Homage Pack EP of remixes that venerated musicians Brandy, Toni Braxton, JoJo, Tank, and Mario previously teased on social media, with a new addition from Ne-Yo as well.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Democrat who venerates more government but sidesteps California’s failing public schools and crushing cost of living.
    John H Bolthouse, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Apotheosize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosize. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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