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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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People often idealize the past.
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She always idealized her father, who had died when she was five.
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The movie idealizes life in the 1600s.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Continuity is idealized as a family relationship and is symbolized in terms such as parent company or child subcontractor.
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He had one friend, Adam, whom he idealized.
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It's because you idealize kids, Meg.
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It is certainly less idealized, and less given to black-and-white distinctions.
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On their back panels are usually scenes from a Bengali film or an idealized landscape.
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We idealize the world of jobs and conveniently forget how boring and depressing most people found it.