pedestal
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A "Japan glazer" is "someone who puts everything that comes from Japan on a pedestal, while disparaging things that come from their own country", Louzembi said.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
“We’re all sitting there at the Forum and he’s on the damn pedestal talking and he said, ‘I’m guaranteeing everyone here next year we are going to win it again.’
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
The classic at-home birthday party was never really about putting one person on a very expensive pedestal.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026
As long as you don’t put your adviser on a pedestal — and then express disappointment when you realize they aren’t all-knowing sages — you set yourself up for a stronger, less fraught relationship.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026
The Athena Parthenos remained undamaged, though the marble under its pedestal was a starburst of fractures.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing pedestal
Body Language: Ped, Pod ("Foot")
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