glorified

Example Sentences

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TVs desperately need to command customers’ attention at home, and not just as glorified speakers for podcasts that play in the background.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Fuqua understands that making a narrative film into a glorified concert is the ideal way to breeze past anything unsavory.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Robert Sternberg, a professor of psychology at Cornell University, told AFP that IQ tests get "glorified" but are only "moderately" useful in predicting real world outcomes.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Investors shared this opinion, arguing that Palantir was more of a glorified consultancy than a legitimate tech company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green