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as in adores
to love or admire too much
a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him
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as in elevates
to assign a high status or value to
those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director
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The camera adores Farrell’s hazel brown eyes.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Dev Erlich, an attorney based in New Jersey, adores her dog Skylar.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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For Lesnar, a win keeps the beast image intact and elevates him ahead in future feuds.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sexton, Lee says, elevates the whole environment and Sexton and Ball are really building a rapport and talking up a storm together a lot after practice.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, concerns about declining populations are fueling the pronatalist movement, which promotes higher birthrates and frames demographic decline as a threat to civilization itself.—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Chronic inflammation also promotes insulin resistance and cellular dysfunction that can lead to type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, a growing concern.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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In other words, as much as Maggie idolizes her teacher in the way that young people who weren’t loved enough as children project parent-like silhouettes onto their mentors, Maggie also might be building a case against Alma.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, a screen diva whom Molina idolizes.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Canonizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canonizes. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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