apotheosized

past tense of apotheosize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apotheosized
Verb
  • While knowledge has been exalted by artists, poets, philosophers and scientists, dictatorships have been opposed not only by great humanists but also by science itself.
    Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The film follows the story of a young interethnic couple whose love, in the whirlwind of a bloody history, remains pure, unchanged, and exalted.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Since his death, two miracles have been attributed to him, and Pope Leo XIV canonized him Sunday.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • He was canonized over the weekend.
    Greg Dixon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the annals of professional golf, the majors are the sure-fire blockbusters—globally resonant, historically revered, and able to draw the widest audience.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Though irony, an approach Alighieri actually revered, isn’t so much Schnabel’s prerogative.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The site is retired from active worship but still venerated.
    Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Nichiren was a monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and his teachings form the basis of a unique branch of Japanese Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the Lotus Sūtra, one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That shortcoming is likely to be magnified when the top-selling compact SUV — the Toyota RAV4 — goes on sale later this year with an all-new hybrid.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The caliber of his acting was magnified by magnificent interaction with his fellow cast members, especially a young Melissa Gilbert who played Laura Ingalls with some of the most sincere childhood performances to ever grace the small screen.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement The most famous conjure woman in the 19th century, Marie Laveau (1801-1881), worshiped Mami Wata in her Voodoo practice, which blended Roman Catholicism, Yoruba traditions, and Haitian Vodou for healing, protection, comfort, and even revenge.
    Time, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the music icon, still worshiped decades after his death, was intimidated by one artist.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Apotheosized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosized. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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