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Recent Examples of deglamorize
White’s willingness to deglamorize stardom — to take roles that subverted her celebrity or to be funny and frank — makes clear that for her, the town was, first and foremost, a workplace.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022
The camera became a handy tool for those, labeled Minimalists or Conceptualists, who wanted to deglamorize the world (and the artist’s role) by documenting mundane things or repeated actions.
—Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2017
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022
The camera became a handy tool for those, labeled Minimalists or Conceptualists, who wanted to deglamorize the world (and the artist’s role) by documenting mundane things or repeated actions.
—Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deglamorize
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How can the footprint of the building and a three-level parking structure to house about 300 cars be minimized?—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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This will help bolster TSA efforts to keep our skies safe and minimize air travel disruptions.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Putting it down, picking it up The NCAA used to use the home floor of the host school, but has been putting down its own March Madness floors for several years now.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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In 1993, Norris put down roots at CBS.—
Chris Klimek,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Moore’s decision to court the Farm Animal Rights Movement and disparage the work of Maryland farmers appears less like a genuine moral objection to animal cruelty and more like a desperate attempt to recover momentum in his ailing, undeclared campaign for president.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2026
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Hegseth has spent his tenure as defense secretary disparaging laws and rules and reveling in the rhetoric of violence.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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Villaraigosa acknowledged the allegations against Chavez complicate and denigrate his legacy as both a civil rights leader and a man.—
Stephanie Elam,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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But unlike men who exploited humoral theory and biblical myths to denigrate women’s bodies and minds, Hildegard valorized the contribution of female difference to nature’s grand scheme.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Deglamorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deglamorize. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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