glorified

Example Sentences

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Aimed squarely at kids of all sizes, “Star Wars” has become a glorified tour of a billionaire’s expanding playworld and “The Mandalorian and Grogu” wants the track well-oiled, not bumpy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

TVs desperately need to command customers’ attention at home, and not just as glorified speakers for podcasts that play in the background.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Fuqua understands that making a narrative film into a glorified concert is the ideal way to breeze past anything unsavory.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Robert Sternberg, a professor of psychology at Cornell University, told AFP that IQ tests get "glorified" but are only "moderately" useful in predicting real world outcomes.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Fourth cook, I knew, was just a glorified name for dishwasher, but it wouldn’t be my first time, and just as long as I traveled where I wanted, it didn’t make any difference to me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey