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put on a pedestal





VERB
idealize
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“Being put on a pedestal means you can’t move around too much,” Matfess said.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2026

Ms Hill-Uekawa adds that she shouldn't be put on a pedestal simply because she is a woman.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2025

A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

From Reuters Apr. 30, 2023

In selecting Shiraz, a city in the southwest of Iran, Farhadi wanted to build a bridge between his contemporary saga about a man put on a pedestal and hero worship in antiquity.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2022

Here was no pretty Beggar Maid for masculine condescension, but rather a little goddess to be put on a pedestal and worshiped.

From Glory of Youth by Henry Hutt




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