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Recent Examples of popularize
In the late 1980s while working as anchor for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Knapp rose to fame helping popularize the claims of UFO-lore stalwarts Bob Lazar and John Lear.
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Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
It's recently made another resurgence, and companies like Sensa are hoping to finally popularize the sport in the United States by launching clubs in major cities like Nashville, New York and Miami.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The deal, led by industry giant MCR Hotels, follows a series of financial struggles for the private member club operator, which pursued rapid global expansion and helped popularize a new generation of less formal and business-oriented member clubs.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Earlier this year, Nintendo helped popularize the microSD Express standard by requiring it for the new Switch 2 console.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
It's recently made another resurgence, and companies like Sensa are hoping to finally popularize the sport in the United States by launching clubs in major cities like Nashville, New York and Miami.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The deal, led by industry giant MCR Hotels, follows a series of financial struggles for the private member club operator, which pursued rapid global expansion and helped popularize a new generation of less formal and business-oriented member clubs.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Earlier this year, Nintendo helped popularize the microSD Express standard by requiring it for the new Switch 2 console.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
Verb
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
Verb
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Prominent figures including Green Bay Packers star linebacker Micah Parsons and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy criticized the Eagles for overusing the play on social media.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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When pelvic floor muscles are being overused, used improperly, or are weak, your running gait may be less efficient and powerful, Rogers says.—
Jordan Smith,
Outside,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That absence increases the risk of caricature and stereotyping in AI image outputs of the Black community.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Mormons have also sometimes been falsely stereotyped as being polygamists because some of their early founders and members were, but the group banned polygamy in 1890.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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In the end, the Guardians’ leverage arms were overexposed, and their bats ran out of magic.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Without shelter or sufficient support, this group is consistently overexposed to summer temperatures.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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