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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Today, YouTube channels, podcasts, audiobooks, short-form video and a new generation of digital platforms have democratized not just the consumption of history, but the telling of it.—
Paul Buccieri,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026 Bask Health has helped democratize healthcare entrepreneurship.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
2 July 2026 The Sentient Foundation launched a $42 million Open Source AGI Grant and Investment Program, aiming to democratize artificial general intelligence.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026 But putting storage on display in the name of democratizing culture assumes objects’ accessibility is only about space and physical access, and that curatorial interpretation is a screen rather than a bridge to the thing itself.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for democratize
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French démocratiser, from démocratiedemocracy + -iser-ize