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

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

Russo embraces this idealized New Man while his character rejects it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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

She had evoked the town idealized by nostalgia with such strong tenacity that Gaston understood that she would not get married unless he took her to live in Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez