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Recent Examples of democratize
Tech companies argue that rapid adoption of AI coding tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot will democratize coding, allowing those with little to no technical skills to build products by prompting AI systems in natural language.
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
This would further democratize our energy systems and advance Maryland’s energy independence.
—Calvin Ball, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
By Yazhou Sun, Bloomberg One of OpenAI’s top executives defended the company’s addition of ads to its popular chatbot ChatGPT as a way to democratize access to artificial intelligence.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
People were told that artificial intelligence was the final asteroid in the extinction event prophesied by Trevor Horn, and further told that generative models and algorithmic composition would democratize creation until value ceased to exist.
—William Jones, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
This would further democratize our energy systems and advance Maryland’s energy independence.
—Calvin Ball, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
By Yazhou Sun, Bloomberg One of OpenAI’s top executives defended the company’s addition of ads to its popular chatbot ChatGPT as a way to democratize access to artificial intelligence.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
People were told that artificial intelligence was the final asteroid in the extinction event prophesied by Trevor Horn, and further told that generative models and algorithmic composition would democratize creation until value ceased to exist.
—William Jones, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democratize
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Economo and his colleagues see it as a blueprint for digitizing, standardizing, and scaling anatomy itself.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2026
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Just over 50% of breast cancer patients in Kenya present with an advanced stage of the disease at diagnosis, according to the health ministry, which is working on standardizing early detection.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Since then, the two countries have taken several measures aimed at normalizing relations, including restarting flights and disengagement of troops at the border.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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While steadily expanding trade and technology ties with Gulf states, China has sought to position itself as a regional counterweight, most notably by brokering a 2023 agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to normalize relations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Celta’s experienced striker Borja Iglesias equalized for the home side with his third goal in four games after 25 minutes, and strike partner Iago Aspas was unfortunate to see his shot come back off the post with two minutes remaining as both sides pushed for a winner.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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This continued into the next two seasons, but that scale of fear and respect began to equalize, at least between Harper and Eric.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2026
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In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Though denim fashion has homogenized over the past several seasons, Nauman Ahmad, Soorty’s head of product development and business development, sees a growing appetite for novelties.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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As time passed, chains like Hattie B’s Hot Chicken and Party Fowl have homogenized the concept, which has caught on in places far from the Music City.—
Matt Moore,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Democratize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democratize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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