Community leaders have had some success in democratizing the organization.
There is internal pressure on the government to democratize.
The magazine's goal is to democratize art.
an effort to democratize politics
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Social media has democratized access to atrocity—anyone with a phone can witness Gaza’s devastation in real time.—Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025 The venture aims to democratize tools typically available only to large studios, enabling filmmakers to expand stories across multiple media formats.—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025 And the internet, especially the Pynchon Wiki, has democratized the act of reading these hyper-complicated novels.—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 With Tinker’s launch, Thinking Machines Lab is betting that the next frontier in AI lies not in building ever-larger models, but in democratizing access to advanced capabilities through fine-tuning tools.—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for democratize
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French démocratiser, from démocratiedemocracy + -iser-ize
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