as in to idealize
to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
a movie that does its best to glamour up the field of archaeology
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The company said the approach is intended for real-world superconducting quantum processors rather than idealized laboratory systems, with an emphasis on manufacturability and scalability.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026 -
The new fad of tradwife influencers idealizing a time before women had the right to vote is evidence enough.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Its push into prediction markets linked to events like the World Cup has opened a fresh revenue stream and pulled in highly active traders, softening the blow from slower spot crypto volumes.—
Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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Both soften, adapt and bear the marks of lived experience.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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The film neither glamorizes nor indicts Solanas, who Taylor humanizes without softening or sentimentalizing her.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
10 June 2026
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In Allure, Gabriella Onessimo followed the smoking aesthetic into the makeup aisle, rightly clocking that the beauty industry is glamorizing a deadly addiction.—
Julia Craven,
Allure,
9 June 2026
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Both distrust markets, both want to micromanage industry, both are protectionist, both romanticize manufacturing work and resent the disruptions that come from open global competition.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
4 Dec. 2025
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Pop culture has been so stuck in a mode of romanticizing pioneers and settlers that American Primeval, with its insistence on diving into Mormon history and rejecting the idea that violence in the name of gaining power is justified, feels like a balancing of the scales.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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As a filmmaker, your movies have helped shape people’s world views; obviously, many other directors idolize you.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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The first name that caught his eye was Nicklas Lidstrom, the great Detroit Red Wing, whom Werenski idolized as a boy growing up in Michigan.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Glamour (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamour%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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