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dramatize

verb

Definition of dramatize

as in to depict

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Recent Examples of dramatize Two teenagers, aided by an arborist, climbed a 100-foot pine tree outside a Pasadena high school Saturday to dramatize a campaign to stop a soil remediation project calling for the removal of nearly 200 trees at several school campuses. — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 The pilot will dramatize the trilogy’s opening heist at the Hotel Theresa on 125th, a thirteen-story tower with a striking white façade once known as the Waldorf of Harlem. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Plot synopsis House of the Dragon attempts to condense and dramatize the conflicting accounts presented in Fire & Blood—stitched together from testimonies and court chronicles—into a single authoritative narrative. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026 To Jordan Flowers, the executive director of the Disclosure Foundation, the film ably dramatizes what his organization has been trying to tell the general public ever since those modern whistleblowers started coming forward ten years ago. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dramatize

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According to Saks, the campaign depicts how different levels of the store offer something unforeseen.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Two years after Mai’s landing in England, the painter and founding Royal Academy President Joshua Reynolds depicted Mai on a canvas nearly 8 feet tall.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of depict

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The hotel just opened, so maybe that’s what accounts for it, but there’s a real atmosphere of excitement, and the staff seems to want to represent the greatest manifestation of the Four Seasons brand.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
But there’s also something to be said for when certain trivia categories are a bit more represented in the mix.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of represent

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The architecture is designed to let robots interpret their surroundings, predict how environments may change, and choose appropriate actions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Rossi interpreted the idea of the piazza quite literally, arranging the service’s pieces like structures around a public square.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of interpret

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Also on Weekend Update, James Austin Johnson portrayed a selfish Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank investor who is backing a massive data center campus in northwest Utah.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
The patience required to piece them together paints Winehouse as an introspective woman as opposed to her party girl that the tabloids portrayed her as.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of portray

Verb

Two decades ago, Nvidia was largely known for manufacturing the GPUs that allowed computers to render 3D graphics on videogames.

— Tamlin Magee, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Cress agreed with Sacramento County prosecutors, who argued Kaur did not get out of her sport utility vehicle to check on the unconscious Lopez after striking his motorcycle or attempt to render aid.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of render

Verb

The rest of the network enacts the decision, as other genes are activated or suppressed farther downstream, but isn’t active in it.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
In all, around 26 percent of the tariff increases enacted last year were reflected in retail prices paid by consumers.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of enact

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Fitoussi said the project began almost as a joke, with the idea of casting one of France’s busiest actors as someone who never gets to act.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Please have a plan in place should flash flooding develop and do not hesitate to act.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026

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