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Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, and the Institute for Family Studies have all popularized the idea.
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Embroidered throughout the sleeveless dress were ornate references to the Art Deco movement, popularized in the 1920s and 1930s.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Nudging, a subtle behavioral technique popularized by economist Richard Thaler, effectively guides employee behavior without coercion.
—Mike Hyzy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Only recently have some of the traditional aspects of bridal wear first popularized by Victoria been updated for modern times.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Embroidered throughout the sleeveless dress were ornate references to the Art Deco movement, popularized in the 1920s and 1930s.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Nudging, a subtle behavioral technique popularized by economist Richard Thaler, effectively guides employee behavior without coercion.
—Mike Hyzy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Only recently have some of the traditional aspects of bridal wear first popularized by Victoria been updated for modern times.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 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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One common flaw in many golfers’ putting strokes is overusing the hands and wrists.—
Jeff Goudy,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Andrew Cunningham Andrew Cunningham Adding some additional infill can add some strength to prints, though 15 percent usually gives a decent amount of strength without overusing filament.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2025
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The relationship between dogs and cats is often stereotyped as contentious.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Apart from sipping Michelob Ultra from the brim of his cowboy hat and flirting with the crowd, the tattooed troubadour got candid about his journey as a Mexican American artist in the country genre, sharing his challenges with being stereotyped in the South.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The Athletic is already guilty of cynically overexposing Arsenal's Max Dowman and Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Applying a minor exposure adjustment will naturally boost the contrast between darker and lighter tones of your image, and a good result will be one where the solar disk does not appear under- or overexposed.—
Josh Dury,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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