apotheosized

past tense of apotheosize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for apotheosized
Verb
  • The less exalted won’t be so lucky.
    Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jennifer Aydin has revealed that one of seven new saints canonized by Pope Leo XIV at a recent ceremony was her great-great uncle.
    Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Longo, a onetime satanist in the 1800s who was among seven new saints canonized this month by Pope Leo XIV, was an attorney whose foray into the occult purportedly led him to promise his soul to a demon.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hong Kong — A Chinese coffee chain has apologized and changed its name after state media roasted it for misusing a word revered by the nation’s communist government.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Among those who revered him and were swayed by his counsel in various instances was Manny Machado.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • On Sunday, he was lionized as a Christian martyr and patriot committed to free expression and challenging liberal orthodoxy.
    Fortune, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yoji shared that venerated director Akira Kurosawa always said that the camera should never be on stage when shooting a kabuki performance, nor move around to get close to the actors.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This is something new in the techno-sphere that for the longest time elevated and venerated the founder/CEO as superstar.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For people who already sleep poorly and are in sleep debt, the effect can feel magnified.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That was magnified by the nation’s largest federal employee union, which on Monday called on Congress to immediately pass a funding bill and ensure workers receive full pay.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the Isan region of Thailand, an ancestral spirit named Ba Yan has been worshiped by villagers for generations.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sanskrit speakers worshipped Dyaus Pitr, or Sky Father.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Apotheosized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosized. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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