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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For millennia, whether with scrolls and tablets or books and PDFs, the core mission of libraries to democratize and supply information has endured.—Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025 With more than 2,000 total games filmed and 22,000 highlights captured, the app is democratizing sports visibility, allowing the best moments across all youth sports to be watched.—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Information technology democratizes access to information and the ability to synthesize and disseminate it.—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025 Kodak’s long fall Founded by George Eastman in the late 19th century, Kodak revolutionized photography by democratizing film, making cameras affordable for the masses.—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for democratize
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French démocratiser, from démocratiedemocracy + -iser-ize
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