idealized
Example Sentences
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“Everyone wants you to be an idealized version of … not even yourself, but of what they want you to be,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
According to Cottrill, the group pushed for repeated aesthetic changes to make Trump appear slimmer and more idealized than the photographic references he was initially using.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
In the idealized version of American healthcare, it’s the role of the primary care doctor, or PCP, to guide this patient.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
Leads of “The Bachelorette” have often embodied idealized notions of marriage and traditional values.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
While Madison's frame of reference was instinctively political, and idealized the dispersal of power naturally checked by the inherent diversity of diffused interest groups, Hamilton’s cast of mind was instinctively economic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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