How to Use destigmatize in a Sentence

destigmatize

verb
  • Most of all, Berry says, her goal is to destigmatize this life stage.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
  • Death doulas want to destigmatize death to ease the fear and anxiety around it.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • And there are those who want to reclaim and destigmatize the term itself.
    — Kathryn Anne Edwards, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In any case, this would be a good year to destigmatize the Thanksgiving nap.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Life is not easy, and seeking care for good mental health needs to be both destigmatized and encouraged.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Hear more about her work to destigmatize conversations around mental health in the clip above.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • My hope is that in some small way, this approach is destigmatizing and humanizing so much of what loss is.
    — Andrea Stanley, Men's Health, 21 June 2023
  • One of her goals is to help destigmatize mental health through education.
    — Regan Stephens, PEOPLE.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • First, seeking mental health support needs to be destigmatized.
    — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Yet along with deaths and tragedy, the latest barrage of infections helped destigmatize the virus, Toraskar said.
    — Rajanish Kakade, Star Tribune, 16 June 2021
  • This can help your child gain even more distance from their negative voice, and helps destigmatize talking about anxiety.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Since its founding 10 years ago, Rhone has worked to destigmatize mental health issues.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
  • If you are exposed to it over and over again as a child, it's destigmatized instead of being scary or difficult to understand.
    — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The proceeds from the necklaces are going to @bringchangetomind, a non-profit whose goal is to destigmatize mental illness.
    — Kathleen Mulpeter, Health.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The key, Guardians hitters and coaches say, is destigmatizing the idea of striking out looking.
    — Chelsea Janes, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • Lets play by a new set of rules and destigmatize what’s sacred, complex, hard and wonderful about our reproductive lives.
    — Tara Kole, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2022
  • The idea would be to destigmatize the notion of consulting with the government early and often.
    — Jami Miscik, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Fight smarter, launch initiatives that destigmatize important issues and look for ways to make the most of your advantages.
    — Rahul Raj, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • There just has to be a way to destigmatize a criminal record and actually give people that second chance to prove themselves.
    — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The goal of the event is education and to destigmatize what dermatologists do.
    — Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
  • By his personal example and service, Jim helped to destigmatize diseases that were once viewed as moral weakness.
    — Andrew Borene, Star Tribune, 9 Nov. 2020
  • This musical takes you from the living room all the way to the uterus to demystify and destigmatize menstruation.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The actress, 57, is on a mission to destigmatize anal cancer—and all of the conversations that come with the subject.
    — Christina Oehler, Health.com, 5 June 2019
  • The findings destigmatize the protestors and their grievances.
    — Andrew Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021
  • Last year, the Navy overhauled its process to allow pilots to report sightings in an effort to destigmatize the reporting of them.
    — Fox News, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Here are all of the celebrities who have shown their support for Demi while attempting to use their platform to destigmatize addiction.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 25 July 2018
  • After treatment, Cross used her platform to create awareness and destigmatize the disease.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Ghost actress is taking action to destigmatize farting — and her first step is educating her own children.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Groups are working to destigmatize HIV and reach more Black women for care and prevention.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The filmmaker seeks to destigmatize the profession in films that bring humanity to an underseen corner of the world.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025

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