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Recent Examples of democratize
This new Department of Labor reform has the potential to finally democratize access to the same types of wealth-building investments that Wall Street elites, big university and foundation endowments, and public pensions have long had all to themselves.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Some musicians contend that AI is helping to democratize the creation of music.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
This would seem to challenge the notion that AI usurping human skills will democratize them—for instance, by broadening who is able to contribute meaningfully to math’s advancement.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
Adherents say these platforms remove social friction and help democratize wine.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
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MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Some musicians contend that AI is helping to democratize the creation of music.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
This would seem to challenge the notion that AI usurping human skills will democratize them—for instance, by broadening who is able to contribute meaningfully to math’s advancement.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
Adherents say these platforms remove social friction and help democratize wine.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democratize
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The proposal is an attempt by the NCAA to re-standardize eligibility and prevent the constant lawsuits by individual athletes for waivers and exceptions that the organization has faced in recent years.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
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The presets are designed to handle different textures and recipes, helping standardize results without requiring manual adjustment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 May 2026
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Helps normalize blood sugar, blood pressure, and lipid levels while protecting against chemical and metabolic stress.—
Ryan Brennan
May 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 May 2026
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The analyst believes that shares of On are overvalued since the brand is at the higher end of its sportswear and footwear peer group and footwear sales growth is beginning to normalize.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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Brennan Creek equalized in the 34th minute after a corner kick caused some chaos in the box.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Eight minutes later, defender Kennedy Wesley carried her momentum from a standout USWNT camp last week, scoring a stunning header off a corner kick to equalize.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Madrid has, however, gone further by moving to regularize nearly half a million undocumented migrants and by courting many more foreigners, a push that its socialist prime minister has argued is helping drive an economic boom.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Character sketches can sometimes end up homogenizing the host into the ensemble, but that doesn’t happen here.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Apr. 2026
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The purportedly unique and local feel of coffee shops has instead been homogenized into a singular, palatable, North American aesthetic.—
Conrad Kickert,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Democratize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democratize. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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