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Recent Examples of essentialize
Indeed, people essentialize language.
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Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020
The design seemed to essentialize a human will to beauty as a matter of workaday routine: ordinary ecstasy.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020
The design seemed to essentialize a human will to beauty as a matter of workaday routine: ordinary ecstasy.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentialize
Verb
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Executives, insiders and sources agree that the move to consolidate her businesses is a smart one.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Between the lines: The cases come down to a formerly obscure Supreme Court case from 1935 known as Humphrey's Executor, and are widely expected to be consolidated and sent to the Supreme Court.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Prior advancements all came with some sort of asterisk, though; for example, the derivations involved only worked on short timescales, in a vacuum or under other simplifying conditions.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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The federal Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is trying to streamline federal agencies by eliminating redundancies, modernizing technology, and simplifying processes so government better serves taxpayers.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To meet the growing demand for nurses, Pennsylvania hospitals are partnering with colleges and universities to expand clinical training capacity, streamline pathways into nursing and develop innovative education models such as hybrid and accelerated programs.—
Kymberlee Montgomery,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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From our review: In some ways, the movie suffers from an understandable impulse to streamline.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Devereux says at any given time, about 70 percent of Wayfinder’s taps pour lagers, including the award-winning Hell helles-style lagerbier, C-Z-A-F decocted pilsner, and the Funeral Bock black bock.—
Andre Meunier,
oregonlive,
31 Oct. 2019
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In herbal medicine, roots and harder plant material like seeds and bark are often decocted (cooked over low heat for a length of time) as a way of extracting their healing qualities.—
Alaina Sullivan,
Bon Appetit,
24 Jan. 2017
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“Essentialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentialize. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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