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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prettify .
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Examples
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Official enemies are demonized, government crimes are ignored or "prettified," and corporate greed is overlooked along with the common good.
Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards' "Guardians of Power" 2008
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I felt the same way upon visiting Dauchau, which, from what I hear, is the most "prettified" of the concentration camps, and since it was built later, iirc, it wasn't even in its day the kind of death camp that some of the others were.
Weekend Trip Bardiac 2008
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Official enemies are demonized, government crimes are ignored or "prettified," and corporate greed is overlooked along with the common good.
Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards' "Guardians of Power" 2008
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The blog posts can also be "prettified" a bit more to provide a more pleasant viewing experience.
Bloggy Award 2010
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[4] Jake Chapman described most of the dictator's works as 'awful landscapes' which they had 'prettified'.
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"prettified", Delhi's first cycle lanes were created and, of course, dozens more Metro stations were opened.
BBC News - Home 2010
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As for the so-called "CD revolution," that, George opined, was no more than a record company conspiracy to jettison a red-blooded American format in favor of a bunch of prettified digital discs invented by an unholy alliance of the Dutch and the Japanese.
Michael Sigman: Eight-Track Museum Gives Slice of Music History a Place in the Sun Michael Sigman 2011
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The space, a fairly utilitarian cafe prettified with kitschy, crafty art and objects, has a pleasant easy-going atmosphere.
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As for the so-called "CD revolution," that, George opined, was no more than a record company conspiracy to jettison a red-blooded American format in favor of a bunch of prettified digital discs invented by an unholy alliance of the Dutch and the Japanese.
Michael Sigman: Eight-Track Museum Gives Slice of Music History a Place in the Sun Michael Sigman 2011
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But such anecdotes, prettified over time, obscure as well as reveal and this worries him (he's always worrying).
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal 2010
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