thematize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to organize (a collection, list, etc.) by theme.
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to present (something) as a theme or topic; to cause (something) to be seen or approached as a theme.
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Those rooms are also expected to thematize the museum’s diverse permanent collection of art’s global history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
One comes away wishing for more authorial guidance about how to thematize these narrative riches.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Instead, the hero whose journey is being thematized at the engrossing spectacle in Philadelphia is that of the male voter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
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