worship at the altar of

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: to value (something) too much

My uncle worships at the altar of money.

Examples of worship at the altar of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are still business schools turning out guys who think greed is good and who worship at the altar of capitalism and don’t have any moral qualms. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2025

The social giants that worship at the altar of megascale—Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X—have chosen to do so at the expense of humanity. —Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2025

For those that worship at the altar of Mindy Kaling, February brings good news. —Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2025

Despite Darnold’s success in 2024, many Vikings fans and experts worship at the altar of a rookie QB contract, even though, according to Amaeya Deshpande of Bruin Sports Analytics, its alleged value doesn’t withstand scrutiny. —Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025

Both of these actors clearly worship at the altar of 20th Century Method Vulnerability, which syncs up nicely with the period-piece aspect of this look back at male anger; the one-two punch of strength and sensitivity that allowed Brando, et al. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024

American tech companies worship at the altar of scale—the creed that throwing more computers, electricity, and data at an AI program is certain to improve it—so this won’t do. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024

And yet all these people, including those running for the Senate in Ohio, Bernie Moreno and Frank LaRose worship at the altar of this terrible, terrible person. —Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023

The annual gathering of exhibitors from around the world in Las Vegas was their chance to worship at the altar of the big screen. —Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023

Rhymes for worship at the altar of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove