idealized
Example Sentences
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“Everyone wants you to be an idealized version of … not even yourself, but of what they want you to be,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Inside these irregular geometric shapes, delicately painted images depict happy black families in idealized scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Unlike some of his artistic peers, who idealized studios and showcases in New York or Europe, Chambers never wanted to leave Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
In many ways, “Battlestar” is an idealized version of what a multicultural, egalitarian society can look like – if not here, then perhaps on some distant planet.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
While Madison's frame of reference was instinctively political, and idealized the dispersal of power naturally checked by the inherent diversity of diffused interest groups, Hamilton’s cast of mind was instinctively economic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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