ritualize
Example Sentences
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We tolerate misallocation because we are purchasing something other than objects: reassurance, attention, belonging—a ritualized way of saying you matter to me and I am willing to incur a cost to prove it.
Choreographer Toran Xavier Moore enhances the effect with ritualized dance moves.
From Los Angeles Times
Dyreson, an Olympic historian, said mistakes were common in the days before the medal ceremonies became so ritualized.
From Los Angeles Times
"These ritualized let’s go rumbles made by the most socially integrated males really make my heart sing," study co-author, Dr. Caitlin E O'Connell-Rodwell from Stanford University, told Salon.
From Salon
The collective superstitions of Black Twitter would inspire a Stevie Wonder sequel, though they are born of play, desire and ritualized escapism.
From Los Angeles Times
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