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Recent Examples of popularity Additionally, despite the Mission: Impossible franchise’s enduring popularity, 2023’s Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning — Part One was largely a box office disappointment after making $566 million globally on a nearly $300 million production budget before marketing and promotional expenses. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025 According to Business in Focus, outdoor dining in America only started becoming mainstream in the last few decades, but since COVID lockdowns forced diners outside, the concept has grown in popularity. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025 Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, expects classic black and white to retain their popularity, due to the number of celebrities who appeared in black, white or black-and-white outfits. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 May 2025 Despite its continuous rise in popularity in Asia and the Middle East, Bicester Village has been quietly reshaping its social image, and began to attract a fresh category of shoppers: next-gen, fashion conscious and e-commerce savvy. Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for popularity
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Noun
  • Could players who know how to win ugly but get results become in vogue?
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Mumford & Sons, Rushmere At a moment when folk-rock is back in vogue, Mumford & Sons, perhaps the movement’s biggest breakthrough act in the early 2010s, has returned with an album that gestures toward the band’s past while not abiding by its boundaries.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In November 2024, Drake lost $355,000 when betting on the Mike Tyson-Logan Paul fight in Tyson's favor, according to FTW.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Roberts pointed to the Sparks’ need for growth in leadership and discipline — qualities that faded as the game shifted in the Lynx’s favor.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025

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