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fetishized

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past tense of fetishize

as in objectified

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We were objectified by most of our producers.

— Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Appropriation of surplus labor, objectified in commodities, drove the system.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025

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Observers say the activists' prosecution and the disappearance of the vigil symbolized the loss of freedoms that Beijing promised to maintain for 50 years when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
China’s new strategy, symbolized by Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea in June, aims to draw Pyongyang back into its orbit and make the bilateral relationship more stable and manageable.

— ZHENG JIYONG, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

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His first-half profligacy, at odds with his attacking threat, exemplified that notion.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
That was nicely exemplified by simply deciding to initiate giving scholarships by fundraising with car washes and camps or even simply seeking donations.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026

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Inspired by the transient beauty of cherry blossoms, known in Japan as sakura — which is illustrated in their album cover, alongside a dark pegasus — much of the LP also hinges on melodrama.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Showing is More Effective than Telling Every strong personal statement should have a clear takeaway for the admissions reader—but that takeaway should be illustrated through the writing itself, rather than declared outright in the conclusion.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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