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demystify

[dee-mis-tuh-fahy] / diˈmɪs təˌfaɪ /


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Lee’s priorities include expanding civic engagement and language accessibility, with an aim to demystify legal proceedings for students and nonnative English speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Defeats in war tend to demystify governments that rule by fear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

He seeks to liberate Sondheim’s reputation from the encrustation of myth and to demystify his relationships, while offering a succinct analysis of his achievements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Beneath all the technique, he’s really just trying to demystify the feast.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

I wanted to demystify the ANC for them, to peel away their prejudices.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Using a term also demystifies it and gets them comfortable hearing it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

For the last two years, she and the Seattle-based retailer produced “Cook Out,” a video series that demystifies outdoor cooking and spotlights food purveyors from around the Northwest.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

The writer and director Lorna Tucker draws from rare archival audio and home movies, elegantly assembling a portrait that both celebrates and demystifies her considerable legend.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

“So much of this is about building a college-going culture. They, by definition, are letting students know that college … is absolutely achievable and it demystifies the entire thing,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

Kantar applies AI to a bank of human emotions recorded on film and assembled in the cloud and demystifies our real sentiments.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2021

In 2006, Shelby told the American Enterprise Institute that having a white mother and black father has been a “profound advantage” because it demystified race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But since the early 2000s, tattoos have been steadily "demystified" through a combination of celebrities and popular TV shows such as Tattoo Fixers and London Ink, says Rees.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

She followed with several Thanksgiving TikToks that further demystified the new arrival, including one in which she and husband Carter Reum chant “big brother” to their baby son Phoenix.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

Other recent studies have demystified the complexity of the feline mind, its behaviors and our relationship with them.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023

We had deconstructed the content of media's stories, demystified its modes of transmission and learned to do it all for ourselves.

From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff

There’s something very powerful there: She’s demystifying a process that can still be shrouded in unnecessary secrecy, and making a choice many women have at least considered.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

But Child became famous by demystifying it with her deep culinary knowledge, boundless enthusiasm, humor and honesty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

"It's really important that the curtain is pulled back from opera, demystifying what the process is and the many talented people who put so much time and energy and their talents into making an opera."

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2024

Tom Nguyen’s teaching style is patient, aimed at demystifying an object many of his students have spent their lives fearing, even hating.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

From Moses to modems: demystifying the storytelling and taking control We are living in a world of stories.

From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff


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