semipopular

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Recent Examples of semipopular Bloomberg’s images, in paid-for spots on meme accounts, are not really spreading; apart from a semipopular parody post that mocks the former mayor, there have been no major copy-pastes of his template. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semipopular
Adjective
  • Doorman highlights more recent scholarship that argues that this is an oversimplification of what were larger theoretical differences between the movement’s two founders.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Decades of mismanagement, underinvestment and corruption have strained the power grid of Iraq, which is OPEC's second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia.
    Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Joining him for color commentary is Dell Curry — former Sixth Man of the Year with the Hornets, current famous dad of Steph and Seth.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Expect crowds to flock to the beloved establishment, which over the years has hosted many famous folks like James Brown, Alan Jackson, the late President Jimmy Carter, and the late Congressman John Lewis.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The group published their ideas, known early on as neoplasticism (Nieuwe Beelding), through the magazine De Stijl, whose title eventually became the popular name of their movement.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Miss Major was among the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village, who fought back when police raided the establishment in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Crybaby is another Pop Mart favorite, easily recognizable by its big eyes, puffy cheeks, and of course, stream of tears.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Politicians sometimes do silly things to draw attention to their favorite issues.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the first few months that initiative has closed down two homeless camps, including a prominent one in Fountain Square, and housed 30 people living in them, according to project leaders.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The series traces what was going on with the prominent Murdaugh family in the years before Alex was convicted of shooting and killing Maggie and Paul on their family farm in 2021 and found guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Accordingly, the hotel attracts an artsy and fashionable clientele; its lounges and hallways buzz during the annual Art Basel fair and events like the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and Miami Music Week.
    Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For better or worse, fashionable footwear has invaded the hiking space.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The rebels, apparently satisfied with their loot, paid no mind as the women got into the second car, joining one of the Assad regime’s most notorious henchmen.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Europe has faced criticism over its notorious red tape and fractured business environment; a report last year by a former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, particularly raised alarm over the bloc’s competitiveness.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Critics Choice Association has announced the nominees for the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, honoring the year’s outstanding achievements in nonfiction filmmaking.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Rutherford County earned a reputation for outstanding high school football over the past three-plus decades, and the 2020s could arguably be the best era yet.
    Cecil Joyce, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Semipopular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semipopular. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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