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dramatize

verb

Definition of dramatize

as in to depict

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Recent Examples of dramatize Nevertheless, the filmmakers have found an affecting way to dramatize the official line that Oasis are the biggest band in the world. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026 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 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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Some disease models depict amyloid accumulation as downstream of failures in the cellular machinery that processes and recycles proteins.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The small-boat crossings have been depicted as a crisis by politicians including Nigel Farage of the hard-right party Reform UK, and have been used as a rallying point by anti-immigration activists.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of depict

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For Black Friday, iGarden is reducing its price from US$1,299 to US$699, representing a saving of US$600, while also including a selection of complimentary accessories and other promotional benefits.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
This represents an approximately 80% reduction compared with conventional autoregressive decoding.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of represent

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Presidents and their advisers have always had to guard against confirmation bias, our tendency to interpret evidence in light of our pre-existing beliefs and to under-weigh or dismiss facts that point to the contrary.

— Keren Yarhi-Milo, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Some users have interpreted this to mean Astro could be discontinued.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of interpret

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O’Connor voices a talking chair, Rihanna portrays Dior’s lucky star, and Stanfield plays the Hollywood director.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
As the Grammy winner fantasizes about her boyfriend — played by Saturday Night Live‘s Ben Marshall — showing her off to his family over the holidays, Nixon portrays his mom.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of portray

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Zero, Jack Skellington’s dog, floats on the side of a handbag; the Harlequin Demon is rendered with feathers and leather scales; and Skellington himself is painted as a peekaboo surprise inside a carryall.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat is rendered and the bacon is crisp, about 12 minutes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of render

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Democrats should focus on enacting their legislative agenda when the new Congress convenes in January following the party’s decisive victories in this week’s midterm elections.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2026
Au Kam San, a Macao pro-democracy former lawmaker, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison after a closed-door trial that raised concerns about fairness in the Chinese casino hub's first national security case since the law was enacted in 2009.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of enact

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Refinancing a personal loan may cause a temporary drop in your credit score because the lender will likely perform a hard credit inquiry.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Her set evoked a football halftime show and homecoming celebration at historically Black colleges and universities, with a marching band, drum line, steppers and majorette-style dancers performing in front of bleachers.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of perform

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As of Sunday afternoon, 45 people were listed as missing, according to the acting head of the regional military administration, Mykhailo Semikin.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Khalil openly acted as a spokesman for Columbia University Apartheid Divest to give the school its political demands during the unrest.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026

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