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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

Such emotional familiarity ensures that even a quick dinner over sandwiches in the park can provide us with conversational carte blanche, a space to decompress and demystify without judgment.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Defeats in war tend to demystify governments that rule by fear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

He seeks to liberate Sondheim’s reputation from the encrustation of myth and to demystify his relationships, while offering a succinct analysis of his achievements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

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

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The movie demystifies what’s hard and rewarding about caregiving, thanks largely to Michelle’s incredible, nuanced turn as Vanessa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

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

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

In her new book, “Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes On a New Age of Crisis,” The Times’s Jeanna Smialek takes on, and demystifies, the world’s most powerful central bank.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2023

On his website, he describes himself as a "visionary for the 'Now Age'" who "demystifies spirituality".

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022

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

She followed with several Thanksgiving TikToks that further demystified the new arrival, including one in which she and husband Carter Reum chant “big brother” to their baby son Phoenix.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

Other recent studies have demystified the complexity of the feline mind, its behaviors and our relationship with them.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023

By placing artists in service of public venues, both urban and rural, it demystified creative labor and brought local residents in dialogue with the insular community of artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

It demystified the origin, function, and role of property, and introduced a generalized level of relativity and uniform value.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

“We don’t have the money, but a lot of the work we do is political and civic education, demystifying power, and making people understand they have agency.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

From Moses to modems: demystifying the storytelling and taking control We are living in a world of stories.

From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff


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