as in to idealize
to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
a movie that does its best to glamour up the field of archaeology
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The Paris in his film feels stylized, idealized.
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The company said the approach is intended for real-world superconducting quantum processors rather than idealized laboratory systems, with an emphasis on manufacturability and scalability.
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According to Ceconi, these products don’t actually soften, but instead deposit a waxy coating on the fabric.
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And that's especially critical this July with inflation surging again, wages softening and higher borrowing costs expected to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.
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The film neither glamorizes nor indicts Solanas, who Taylor humanizes without softening or sentimentalizing her.
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Where Bonnie and Clyde glamorizes its couple and their crimes, Loden renders Wanda passive and desultory in the lawless turn her life has taken.
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Ethereal and naturally whimsical, this sandal is giving beach day, daydreams and romanticizing summer, which is very Pisces.
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From dopamine-spiking decor to more childlike, bright clothes, adults are romanticizing the smallest aspects of their lives and fully running with a lighthearted outlook.
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McGonigle grew up in Aldan idolizing Phillies legend Chase Utley.
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There’s friction between the defense lawyer Sam (Nick Nolte) and his wife, Leigh (Jessica Lange), rooted in Sam’s past infidelity and his current flirtations with a young courthouse clerk who idolizes him.
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“Glamour (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamour%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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