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past tense of glorify
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glorified

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adjective

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Recent Examples of glorified
Verb
Staff and players are always quick to point out that pre-season is predominantly a glorified fitness exercise; a chance to get players up to speed and bed new signings in. Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glorified
Verb
  • He was later elevated to the permanent position.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • These are low by historical standards, but elevated from the 3% range from 2022 that was the lowest since the 1970s.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Job postings that mentioned at least one AI skill advertised salaries 28% higher on average than those that listed none, representing roughly $18,000 more per year.
    Dylan Butts Shreya Ghosal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One watch, advertised as new, was more than 10 years old, deputies say.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nadler, the long-serving congressman, praised his former aide and state assemblyman Micah Lasher but stopped short of supporting him.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Many internet users have praised Morrison and her team for saving Maple's life and those of her puppies too.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Israeli strikes severely weakened Hezbollah – culminating in the assassination of its revered leader, Hassan Nasrallah – and significantly curtailed the group’s domestic clout.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Honda puts a techy new spin on a revered nameplate with the 2026 Prelude sport coupe, a sleek 200-horsepower hybrid going on sale late this year.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Meet her siblings Being a Supreme Court justice brings with it somber black robes and an exalted status.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Riefenstahl held a unique place on an exalted stage until her death in 2003, photographing Mick and Bianca Jagger for The Sunday Times as well as Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas.
    Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The study is the latest knock on a technology, for years promoted by oil and gas industry, that has often been touted as a climate solution.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Angela Grothaus and Lisa Human have been promoted to partners, recognizing their exceptional leadership and dedication to client service, the release said.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The site is retired from active worship but still venerated.
    Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Nichiren was a monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and his teachings form the basis of a unique branch of Japanese Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the Lotus Sūtra, one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Celebratory backslaps, encouraging bum-pats and the fall of opposition wickets celebrated en masse are often an indication of a team’s togetherness.
    James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ron Paul, the former 12-term congressman from Texas and two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, celebrated his 90th birthday last month.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Glorified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glorified. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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