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demystify

[dee-mis-tuh-fahy] / diˈmɪs təˌfaɪ /


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“The Art of Gathering” is trying to demystify how anyone can create meaningful experiences with other people without having to all be the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Lee’s priorities include expanding civic engagement and language accessibility, with an aim to demystify legal proceedings for students and nonnative English speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

"It is important to demystify surgeries that celebrities have and educate patients," he says.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

Beneath all the technique, he’s really just trying to demystify the feast.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

I wanted to demystify the ANC for them, to peel away their prejudices.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

For the last two years, she and the Seattle-based retailer produced “Cook Out,” a video series that demystifies outdoor cooking and spotlights food purveyors from around the Northwest.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

The writer and director Lorna Tucker draws from rare archival audio and home movies, elegantly assembling a portrait that both celebrates and demystifies her considerable legend.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

By being open about her autism, Woo defuses and demystifies it for neurotypical colleagues and clients.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

This is why the movie’s surest asset as a feminist narrative is how Alsop’s example demystifies conducting while still retaining its power to enchant us, and yet look like the hard work that it is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

Kantar applies AI to a bank of human emotions recorded on film and assembled in the cloud and demystifies our real sentiments.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2021

In 2006, Shelby told the American Enterprise Institute that having a white mother and black father has been a “profound advantage” because it demystified race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

And if you’ve been on backlots or know people who work in the film and television industries, the magic of the moving picture may already be demystified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

He also "demystified" State House, by opening it up for many people including children and celebrities to visit and look round.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2022

But it’s true that particularly with the rise of the feminist blogosphere and social media as well, feminism became something that was demystified for more people.

From Slate ● May 12, 2022

He has deconstructed the content of the game, demystified the technology of its interface and now feels ready to open the codes and turn the game into a do-it-yourself activity.

From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff

There’s something very powerful there: She’s demystifying a process that can still be shrouded in unnecessary secrecy, and making a choice many women have at least considered.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The new season, which drops weekly on the Tastemade YouTube channel, takes viewers back to the basics, helping them create scratch staples at home and demystifying some of the most intimidating aspects of home cooking.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

But Child became famous by demystifying it with her deep culinary knowledge, boundless enthusiasm, humor and honesty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Roosa didn’t want participants to get stuck, as her ultimate goal is creating excitement around space by demystifying it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

Both voices, those idealizing and those demystifying the past, should be heard: We enslaved part of nature and took it upon ourselves to annihilate animals or, worse, change their genetic structure.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin


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