dramatize

Definition of dramatizenext

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Recent Examples of dramatize There’s no better way to dramatize the best of human achievement than that painting. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 May 2026 But the most spectacular works are the 10- and 11-foot lengths of parchment that dramatize the way medieval architects conceived their spiritual ladders to heaven. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026 Initially, the film intended to dive into and negate the child-molestation allegations against Jackson, but the Jackson estate later realized that a previous settlement with an accuser required the estate to never dramatize the events. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026 Robber Robber don’t relive their apartment fire in literal terms on the album or dramatize the months spent living out of suitcases. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dramatize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatize
Verb
  • Advertisement ‘Talent is everything’ In April, Russia’s main TV news channel depicted Moscow State University gilded in futuristic laser lines as the presenter announced a new AI faculty, due to welcome its first cohort of 72 students in September.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 18 June 2026
  • Some examples took more direct cues—such as the collectible Egyptian Pattern bracelets and brooches similar to 1924 examples depicting hieroglyphs.
    Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • One park that was highlighted for guests to visit during the holidays was Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, which is considered one of the most significant state parks representing Black history in California.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Lynn Biyendolo—The first Pepperdine Wave to represent Team USA on the international stage, Biyendolo was the 2011 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and eventually became a three-time All-West Region and WCC First Team selection.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • In order to understand what is happening, the reader must interpret the images and the character’s dialogue.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Research that starts online often bears more fruit when it’s continued in person at a genealogical library, where professional genealogists and librarians can help locate and interpret records.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Jones portrayed Jackson as a newcomer attempting to buy the governor’s office and highlighted his past donations to Trump critics.
    Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
  • The character is often portrayed by white actors in blackface.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Prior to that, Copilot generated its response using raw HTML, which is temporarily rendered in the browser DOM.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
  • Paramedics responded and rendered aid to the man before pronouncing him dead at the scene.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Greenspan was also criticized for enacting policies that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the recession at the end of the 2000s.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • After the collapse, state legislators enacted a law in 2022 requiring condo associations to have sufficient reserves to cover major repairs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • These will be highly specialized agents that sit on top of Anaplan’s applications, capable of performing tasks autonomously for users.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • While humans thrive on ambiguity, context, metaphor and inference, machines generally perform better when information is categorized, tagged, labeled and linked in ways that reduce uncertainty.
    Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • DeSantis panned that idea, noting that the federal government isn’t acting.
    Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • The report’s key finding was that an odd, angry, 24-year-old assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone, for reasons nobody could quite figure out.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026

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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatize. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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