idealize
Example Sentences
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California Adventure, at its most idealized, stood for more than an assortment of film properties.
From Los Angeles Times
His precious moments are not memories of an idealized past, nor projections of a tantalizing dream, but interventions in our complex present that reveal beautiful and unsettling layers.
From Los Angeles Times
The night is one of wish fulfillment for music fans, offering the promise of behind-the-stage action as well as an idealized vision of funk’s communal power.
From Los Angeles Times
Follow-up efforts will be needed in Iran but shouldn’t be based on an idealized world view.
“The shift that matters most is moving away from idealized retirement planning and toward realistic, behavioral planning.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
