glorifies

present tense third-person singular of glorify
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to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant don't let the job title "team spirit coordinator" fool you—he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader

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Recent Examples of glorifies Garcia and other commissioners complained Miami-Dade was cashing in on a game that glorifies street violence and crime in Miami. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors described a subculture within that online network that glorifies mass killers and encourages imitation. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The report claims that Hezbollah gives child fighters heroes’ funerals and publicly glorifies them before their peers in order to encourage other children to follow in their footsteps. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026 Focused on protein loading and very little else, the social media trend, especially popular among Gen Z men, glorifies eating a bowl of tasteless mush. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026 The intelligence reports warn that 764 and its many offshoots have expanded into a transnational, online network that glorifies violence and tries to coerce people, often minors, to hurt themselves or others. — Curt Devine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026 Mindfulness takes that preliminary and glorifies it into the be-all and end-all. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 Sharp Objects uses a murder mystery to excavate the rot at the core of a Missouri town whose mythology glorifies the Confederacy. — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026 Early-stage business culture often glorifies polish. — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glorifies
Verb
  • This chunky chain bracelet is understated but elevates his everyday outfits.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The victory denies Abbott a fourth term and elevates an Austin state representative who built her campaign around public education, household costs and criticism of the state's Republican leadership.
    — Blaise Gainey, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Kin Coedel collaborated with Meti and Hijra women in Nepal in the creation of Between Reverence and Refusal, giving them recognition and exposing the paradox of a culture that venerates femininity in myth but doesn’t acknowledge those who embody it in everyday life.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Redemptive suffering Shared sorrow is a key part of Iran’s Twelver Shiite identity, which venerates the Prophet Muhammad’s family through daughter Fatima and cousin and son-in-law, Ali.
    — Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Anthropic advertises a salary floor of $265,000 for charmers willing to spend half their time on the road in increasingly hostile territory.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The billboard along Independence advertises the Charlotte FC soccer team.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The event celebrates the magazine’s 100 honorees who have made an impact in culture, business, entertainment, sports, and more.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The Guardian’s report includes a joke from the 2004 British Comedy Awards ceremony in which host Jonathan Ross celebrates that the awards were turning 15 years old.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Women are increasingly disappointed with heterosexual relations, even as they’re captivated by romance, which so often idealizes it.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Gen Z’s frustration with wealth concentration is well-documented culturally, yet the #OldMoney aesthetic idealizes the visual language of precisely the fortune-building class its politics often criticize.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Moderate exercise often promotes normal digestion and may support regular bowel movements, Matthew Hoscheit, MD, a gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic, told Verywell.
    — Amber Raiken, Verywell Health, 2 Nov. 2026
  • As such, using the same sponge on different surfaces promotes the spread of any bacteria hiding in your sponge.
    — Sarah Everett, The Spruce, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Casey reveres MacGowan because the Pogues had such an outsize influence on his life.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Among other things, Hinduism reveres femininity through the worship of powerful goddesses, including Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom; Kali, the goddess who destroys evil and ego; and Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Aided by gun dealer Garry (Michael Ironside) and a sheriff, Heidi (Olivia Thirlby), who ran afoul of corrupt local leadership, Fitz announces plans to exact vengeance against bloodthirsty Mirko and drive Brownstone out of Valentine permanently.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
  • When someone announces a million new materials, ask how many were actually made and how many were stable under realistic conditions.
    — Ahmed Ismail, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

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“Glorifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glorifies. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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