sublimate
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It almost feels like some kind of test, where you are forced to sublimate your wishes and, perhaps, your self respect.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
“You have to sublimate your own ego to some extent.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023
Halloween may be over, but if you ask me carving a gourd still seems like a good way to sublimate creeping dread.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2022
So they decided to sublimate the chaos of the invasion, inscribing their new fears and hopes on pre-existing works by 17 artists.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
All unplanted seed potatoes should be destroyed, as the corrosive sublimate is highly poisonous.
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