as in to exalt
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Related Articles The reeditions also exalt the house’s links to artists and art movements — and its devotion to craft.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025 -
Saturn is exalted in Libra, which is the opposite sign of Aries, and commits to being a team player.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
21 May 2025
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Ajayi Jones dignifies the child and creates space for emotions in a colorful storybook with many important moments sparked by one of her earliest recurring memories.—
Leslie D. Rose,
Parents,
22 Apr. 2025
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The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The idea that famous women tend to be either lionized or vilified certainly hasn’t grown less accurate over the past century.—
Dorothy Fortenberry,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2025
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The only exception of course is the intersex pope (who – surprise! – has female reproductive parts) & the cardinal who keeps her secret – bc of course that kind of Catholic secret-keeping must be lionized.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
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Saints are persons in heaven who were officially canonized or not who did one of the following, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Lived heroically virtuous lives.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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His successor, Benedict XVI, waived the waiting period, allowing John Paul to be canonized nine years after his death.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Aspects of existentialism can also be found in much older sources revered in European intellectual traditions, such as the biblical books of Ecclesiastes and Job and the thinking of Greek Cynics such as Diogenes.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
1 June 2025
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Cannabis, long revered for its therapeutic properties, has been making waves in wellness circles, offering a range of benefits for physical and mental health.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
1 June 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Feb. 2025
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No ancient European cathedral is complete without its holy relics, which are venerated by the faithful as sacred artifacts from various saints and the life of Jesus.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
21 May 2025
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The same gospel, venerated with incense, will now be chanted in Greek.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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“Apotheosize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosize. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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