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Recent Examples of popularize
Three years ago, Ukrainians successfully took to Twitter to popularize their cause around the globe at the outset of the invasion.
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Paul Sonne, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
This incident led Levi Strauss & Co. to create a denim tuxedo for him, popularizing the term.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Variations of the little black dress, a longtime wardrobe staple popularized in the 1920s, have been iterated for years.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Take George Washington Carver, the eccentric Black scientist who, in the early 20th century, helped popularize peanut butter and discovered many other uses for peanuts, both industrial and cosmetic.
—Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Paul Sonne, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
This incident led Levi Strauss & Co. to create a denim tuxedo for him, popularizing the term.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Variations of the little black dress, a longtime wardrobe staple popularized in the 1920s, have been iterated for years.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Take George Washington Carver, the eccentric Black scientist who, in the early 20th century, helped popularize peanut butter and discovered many other uses for peanuts, both industrial and cosmetic.
—Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
Verb
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
Verb
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Desperate for youth and beauty, Elisabeth’s new younger self (who names herself Sue) quickly gets careless and starts overusing her time, which causes Elisabeth’s body to rot away.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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But overusing them can cause fatigued muscles that can then become inflamed, tight and painful.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Millennials have been stereotyped since, well, the turn of the century.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Empathy, collaboration, emotional intelligence – often stereotyped as feminine traits – are crucial leadership skills, supported by extensive research.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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But if it is allowed to fade into irrelevance, or overexposed to the point of consumer indifference, the steep costs may not be worth it.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Either the Chiefs’ one-man band on offense finally collapses under the weight of its lack of explosiveness, or the Eagles never spring the big run and leave Hurts overexposed against a tough defense.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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