How to Use Americanization in a Sentence
Americanization
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And that would be a significant step toward the global Americanization of the beautiful game.
—Kirk Bowman, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
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That’s sparked complaints of Americanization of the games – essentially splitting the two 45-minute halves into four 22-and-a-half-minute quarters.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
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But the aesthetic marked by rumpled Oxford shirts and popped polos has also found fertile ground in France, a nation famously resistant to Americanization.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
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Finally, Tim Spiers reviews the tournament’s biggest successes, failures, and the impact of its Americanization.
—The Athletic, New York Times, 21 July 2026
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Given that long history, Jewish Christmas traditions are not necessarily a sign of Americanization.
—Samira Mehta, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2025
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My colleagues Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams have noted that this World Cup represents, in part, the ongoing Americanization of global soccer.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
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The resolution significantly increased the president’s freedom of action – and freedom from oversight – and marked a major step toward the Americanization and escalation of the war in July 1965.
—Robert Haswell, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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For example, the Diablo Roll is a spin on a fish taco with honey wasabi sauce inspired by his time living in Charlotte, North Carolina versus an Americanization of a Japanese combination.
—Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
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In fact, the German scholar Winfried Fluck, in a study of the Americanization of global culture, credited Americans’ dissimilarities with the dominance of its popular culture.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
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