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as in romanticized
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Elk hunting has always been romanticized for us Easterners.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
8 Oct. 2025 -
Rensch romanticized the idea of a child prodigy finding himself inside the game, and with his life circumstances, the board could serve as a tool for his survival.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Miao is one of the highest-ranking CMC officials to be purged since the 1960s and is particularly significant since he was personally elevated to the CMC by Xi.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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But that won’t be the only item on the agenda, and the conclave may also include a personnel reshuffle if new officials are appointed to key roles vacated by those purged.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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This clearly suggests that idealized online self-presentation can inflate social impressions but may create disappointment when offline reality does not match expectations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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These values were generally shared by his employers at Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, organisations idealized as the polar opposite of Emperor Palpatine's authoritarian dictatorship from a galaxy far, far away.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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These stem cells are purified in a lab, and then modified using an inactivated form of the virus that causes HIV.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Oct. 2025
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Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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That independence is crucial for thorough, unbiased assessments and findings based solely on evidence, rather than sugarcoated conclusions that Congress or the president wants.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Afterward, the animals were decontaminated and bathed, and those who experienced the most inhalation are being supervised at a veterinary clinic, Halverson said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the weeks after, decks of cards spotlighting other CEOs and executives circulated on social media, which heightened the threat climate as did Mangione’s public reception as quasi vigilante, Kucera said.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The lighthearted moment played against a trending audio that only heightened its comedic touch.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Former school principals scrubbed toilets; physicists became cashiers.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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The word has since been scrubbed from the performance on Peacock and YouTube.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Sanitized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitized. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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