ritualize
Example Sentences
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"But it also points to a deeper cultural significance, suggesting people recognized the exceptional power of this fertilizer and actively celebrated, protected and even ritualized the vital relationship between seabirds and agriculture."
From Science Daily
We move in a familiar loop: outrage at dysfunction, ritualized critique, then a quiet hope that the same brittle systems will somehow stabilize themselves when the stakes get high.
From Salon
We tolerate misallocation because we are purchasing something other than objects: reassurance, attention, belonging—a ritualized way of saying you matter to me and I am willing to incur a cost to prove it.
Choreographer Toran Xavier Moore enhances the effect with ritualized dance moves.
From Los Angeles Times
Dyreson, an Olympic historian, said mistakes were common in the days before the medal ceremonies became so ritualized.
From Los Angeles Times
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