universalize
verb
uni·ver·sal·ize
ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sə-ˌlīz 
universalized; universalizing
: to make universal : generalize
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What was humanism but an attempt to universalize and install the preferences of the ruling class, the chief members of which were white, male, and Western?
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
With interest in the diet increasing, the trend of female carnivores has had the effect of universalizing its appeal.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
The White House had originally planned to universalize a different charging system, the Combined Charging System (CCS), for all EVs in the US.
—Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 7 July 2023
In 1803, Ohioans universalized white male suffrage, and failed to extend the franchise to Black men by only one vote.
—Phil Christman, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
With interest in the diet increasing, the trend of female carnivores has had the effect of universalizing its appeal.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
The White House had originally planned to universalize a different charging system, the Combined Charging System (CCS), for all EVs in the US.
—Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 7 July 2023
In 1803, Ohioans universalized white male suffrage, and failed to extend the franchise to Black men by only one vote.
—Phil Christman, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
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universalize
verb
uni·ver·sal·ize
ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sə-ˌlīz
universalized; universalizing
: to make universal : generalize
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