procrustean
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If you’re the parent of a child with special needs who’s felt the cold procrustean hands of the public school system, you know what this father is up against.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
You're trying to fit me into this procrustean notion that you have of me.
From Time ● Jul. 22, 2010
Where the toe dared to protrude from the block, it is chopped off in procrustean fashion; a carnation sprouts from the gaping hole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most cunning of all, Deng has stretched the procrustean bed of Maoism to fit his own needs.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula.
From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes
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