Example Sentences

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But it isn’t returning to its past image, which some people considered inappropriate and off-color by focusing too much on idealized images of beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

According to Cottrill, the group pushed for repeated aesthetic changes to make Trump appear slimmer and more idealized than the photographic references he was initially using.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

In the idealized version of American healthcare, it’s the role of the primary care doctor, or PCP, to guide this patient.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

California Adventure, at its most idealized, stood for more than an assortment of film properties.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Nevertheless, his idealized parabolic trajectory in a vacuum was an essential precondition for the much more sophisticated analysis by Robins and Euler of actual trajectories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton