as in to soften
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Recent Examples of poeticize
The internet certainly doesn’t poeticize it for me.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Santo Loquasto's set doesn't poeticize the ambience.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Santo Loquasto's set doesn't poeticize the ambience.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poeticize
Verb
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Speaking with reporters before heading to Switzerland, the president showed no sign of softening his approach to the Greenland issue.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2026
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These berries often soften after a freeze, too, helping birds survive even during late winter.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Instead, they’re sweetened with sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, including acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) and sucralose.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Jan. 2026
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Naturally sweetened with dates and filled with chia seeds, this gourmet raspberry jam is great on toast, swirled into oats and yogurt, dolloped onto pancakes, served on charcuterie boards, or mixed into smoothies.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Better offers an insightful, vital portrait of suicide that makes no attempt to euphemize or diminish its subject.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Those words euphemize a cascade of traumas that have befallen higher education since Inauguration Day.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Though winter brings shorter days and frosty weather, a trip to the slopes has a way of romanticizing the season.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
8 Jan. 2026
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Nothing wrong with a little fantasy, but this year’s astrology asks us to stop romanticizing potential and start paying attention to what feels genuine, reciprocal and enduring.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Poeticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poeticize. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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