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Recent Examples of dramatize
In the face of tragedy, Dess’s narrator memorably dramatizes the anxiety-inducing exigencies of the creative arts, and the need of artists to remain focussed on their craft.
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The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The show dramatizes a series of rapes in Washington and Colorado from 2008 to 2011, focusing on a survivor named Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) and the two detectives trying to solve the case, played brilliantly by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The film dramatizes the very real effects of a group of young men protesting corruption in Nigeria’s government by hiding guns aboard a plane and taking it over in the air.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
This clever, focus-shifting structure allows showrunners Robbins and Sarah Sutherland to dramatize the most lurid, horror-movie aspects of the story without appearing to endorse one version over another.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The show dramatizes a series of rapes in Washington and Colorado from 2008 to 2011, focusing on a survivor named Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) and the two detectives trying to solve the case, played brilliantly by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The film dramatizes the very real effects of a group of young men protesting corruption in Nigeria’s government by hiding guns aboard a plane and taking it over in the air.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
This clever, focus-shifting structure allows showrunners Robbins and Sarah Sutherland to dramatize the most lurid, horror-movie aspects of the story without appearing to endorse one version over another.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatize
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Photos depict a heartbreaking sight, with Hector’s rib cage protruding through his weakened body as red blotches line his ivory and brown coat.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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The older pair are named Romulus and Remus after the mythological founders of Rome, who are traditionally depicted as being suckled by a she-wolf.—
Jon Schlosberg,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek has reached out to the legal team representing Trump's presidential campaign for comment via email on Thursday.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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This trip back to Chicago was supposed to represent something new.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Hard and soft skills are synthesized so recruiting teams can better interpret experience in things like operations, adaptability, management, risk development and even preventative medicine.—
Adam Wray,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The team is developing tools to help consumers interpret genetic data for health planning and medical decision-making, an approach that differs from traditional genetic testing services that typically provide limited, one-time results.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Kramer portrays an investigator working on the case.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Lowden would follow in the footsteps of Matthew Macfadyen, Colin Firth, David Rintoul, Peter Cushing and Laurence Olivier, who have all portrayed the iconic literary character Mr. Darcy.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
9 Apr. 2025
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Yes, in 2025 there is no shortage of digital apps, planners and workspaces to render conventional notebooks obsolete – but a quick visit to any stationery store will prove that there's strong support for the physical versions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Apr. 2025
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Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s team also provided information that could render these accusations null.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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After Nixon was named a first-team All-Pro for his kick-return prowess in both 2022 and 2023, the NFL enacted a rule change that moved touchbacks from the 25-yard line to the 30 for the 2024 season.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Market conditioned to rally We’ve been conditioned, since 1987, to expect market panics and crashes to be relatively short-lived and reversed by policy actions enacted by both the federal government and the Federal Reserve.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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In addition to taking your medical history and performing a thorough physical exam, your provider may recommend the following tests:10 Skin biopsy: Your provider may take a skin sample and send it to the lab to look for signs of infection.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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India's stock markets had previously performed better than others thanks to lower tariffs than competitors like China, Indonesia and Vietnam.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Several senior agency leaders, including the chief human resources officer, acting commissioner and acting general counsel, have resigned or been demoted since January.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2025
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During a virtual all-hands meeting with employees on Friday, CMS acting Administrator Stephanie Carlton detailed some of the specific offices at the agency impacted by cuts under Kennedy’s broader plan to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatize. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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