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humanize

[hyoo-muh-nahyz, yoo-] / ˈhju məˌnaɪz, ˈju- /
VERB
acculturate
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Katherine “Kitty” Good Semisch, a retired Bucks County teacher and a key figure in the documentary, says the series is perfectly timed for the midterms because of its efforts to humanize everyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The show aimed to humanize the “young people who are just trying to get an education,” Pride said, “and the challenges and threats that they face because of that.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

“This attempt to humanize Robin, understand him for his good and his bad and try and understand that character as a person, was the instinct behind this.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

The show could help humanize tech titans, even those known for revolutionizing artificial intelligence and defense tech, said Mike Solana, Founders Fund’s Chief Marketing Officer, who hosts and narrates the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

My speech that night gave me a chance to humanize myself, explaining who I was in my own voice, slaying the caricatures and stereotypes with my own words.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Conservative lawmaker Evair de Melo said Flavio was "gradually introducing himself, including with a great deal of humility, acknowledging some of the mistakes his father may have made. This naturally humanizes his image."

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Sidestepping the deification of his subject, Mr. O’Meara humanizes Prefontaine in his vexing contradictions, buoyant spirit and brutal competitiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2025

It humanizes the dog a little bit or makes them feel closer to their community, but it's a beautiful story to tell.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

As with many of superheroes, Cassie has a tragic back story and so on, a generic burden that Johnson’s palpably awkward charm humanizes.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

And it humanizes them—which is ironic, because they’re already human.”

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

“And so the character is humanized because Dina is humanizing it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Both of these famous women have long fought to be humanized while also marketing an obscene amount of stuff to us.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

The nearly autonomous facility allows scientists to grow mammalian cells from genetically humanized mice remotely and monitor stainless-steel bioreactors in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

If humanized, the Bowl could serve as antidote to a worrisome AI future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

That is the miracle of Greek mythology—a humanized world, men freed from the paralyzing fear of an omnipotent Unknown.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Glatzer: That’s a lot of what we’re dealing with too, is just humanizing the people who are villainized otherwise and reminding them of their own humanity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Brilliant, elusive and charming when he wants to be, Hannibal may have come closer than any other cultural icon to humanizing this tribe of dietary renegades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

“I think what my films are about is that search for my grandfather’s dentures, the humanizing narrative that bridges the gap between us and them and arrives at we,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

Neither she nor Wineman bothers to give Mag a humanizing backstory.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

Tats joins me at a study carrel as I’m reviewing arguments against humanizing Caliban.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali


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