as in popular
enjoying widespread favor or approval
a recently popularized hobby among kids
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularized
Adjective
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Experience360 includes the museum’s popular holograms of survivors, immersive 360-degree films, as well as historical photographs and artifacts.—
Kelly Haramis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Although a congressional stock trading ban is a popular issue among the public, some Republicans have expressed frustration with Luna’s effort to force the speaker to put the bill on the floor, one senior GOP House staffer told the Washington Examiner last month.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The redemption story is overused in sports, but Anisimova coming back from a double-bagel Wimbledon final defeat against Iga Świątek to beat the same player a couple of months later was extraordinary.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Just like credit scores today, which are, at best, meaningful heuristics but are grossly overused, the technology sometimes became a substitute for common sense.—
Brian Hamilton,
Fortune,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Newbury Boston Day One in Boston Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star The Newbury Boston in the city’s fashionable Back Bay neighborhood is a wonderful choice for your stay.—
Kim Foley MacKinnon,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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What starts as a rouse to complete a business deal quickly evolves into something a little too real between the unsuspecting pair—while Sabrina’s Vogue internship in Paris adds an extra touch of fashionable fun.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This is, of course, a tremendously unfair characterization of the lunch lady, who, given her profession of feeding hungry children, ought to be stereotyped as saintly rather than monstrous.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Women are often stereotyped as less decisive than men, but, in reality, studies show that women and men are equally capable of making decisions quickly.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Each child will have the chance to meet and take photos with their favorite princesses during a special meet-and-greet.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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United’s decade-plus of footballing dysfunction owes a partial debt to hiring processes that can make sense in the moment, but leave head coaches overexposed.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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If most of your liabilities reprice simultaneously, you’re overexposed.—
Meelan Gupta,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Popularized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularized. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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