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idealize

verb as in romanticize

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TWA is one such semiclassical approach that dates back to the 1970s, but is limited to isolated, idealized quantum systems where no energy is gained or lost.

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She maintains a nuanced sense of humanity’s transgressions and innocence, without demonizing or idealizing either side.

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In a sense, Sweeney writes Dennis as someone also mourning the death of an idealized situation he thought would fix him.

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Girls from the ages of 11 to 15 idealize pinups like him who have been packaged as handsome, innocuous and flat.

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At all times idealized in his physical features, he’s the living embodiment of the irresistible force paradox — an immovable power and an unstoppable object all at once.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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