essentialize

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Recent Examples of essentialize Indeed, people essentialize language. Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020 The design seemed to essentialize a human will to beauty as a matter of workaday routine: ordinary ecstasy. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020 Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize. Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentialize
Verb
  • By doing the reduction work close to the disaster site, debris that initially filled three or four dump trucks can be consolidated into one large semi tractor-trailer load.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Several lawsuits claiming the response was inadequate were consolidated into a single class action suit, Bianucci v. Rite Aid Corporation.
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The operation of Theranos and her role in it was extremely complicated and proving other forms of white collar crime could have been difficult for a jury to understand, but wire fraud simplifies the process.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Pope Francis made changes to simplify the rules around papal funerals last year, opting to use only one wooden coffin instead of three.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In March, the organization launched a mobile app to streamline this process.
    Zach Schonfeld, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
  • At the Wednesday event, Blumenthal said while there are undoubtedly opportunities to streamline VA operations, the current approach could upend access to care for veterans.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Devereux says at any given time, about 70 percent of Wayfinder’s taps pour lagers, including the award-winning Hell helles-style lagerbier, C-Z-A-F decocted pilsner, and the Funeral Bock black bock.
    Andre Meunier, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2019
  • In herbal medicine, roots and harder plant material like seeds and bark are often decocted (cooked over low heat for a length of time) as a way of extracting their healing qualities.
    Alaina Sullivan, Bon Appetit, 24 Jan. 2017

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“Essentialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentialize. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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