idealized
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But it isn’t returning to its past image, which some people considered inappropriate and off-color by focusing too much on idealized images of beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
According to Cottrill, the group pushed for repeated aesthetic changes to make Trump appear slimmer and more idealized than the photographic references he was initially using.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
It is clothed and unclothed; decorated and distorted; idealized, stylized, politicized.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
In the idealized version of American healthcare, it’s the role of the primary care doctor, or PCP, to guide this patient.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
He himself had, although he had always had the consoling spirit of his father, idealized, frozen in joyful childhood memories.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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