as in to glamour (up)
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That is a real counterargument to romanticizing entrepreneurship or portfolio work.
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In addition to softening and romanticizing looks, these bottoms are extremely comfortable.
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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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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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“Heroicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroicize. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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