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Recent Examples of democratize
All the major opposition parties are united on the need to spike Netanyahu’s authoritarianism and to democratize the draft.
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Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Museveni first took power by force in 1986 as the leader of a guerrilla force whose goal was to democratize Uganda after years of chaos and civil war.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Founded to democratize access to resources from the modern film industry, Decentralized Pictures has already awarded more than $1 million in grants and support to indie filmmakers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Western pundits, policymakers and scholars believed that China’s economic growth would democratize the autocratic country.
—Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026
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Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Museveni first took power by force in 1986 as the leader of a guerrilla force whose goal was to democratize Uganda after years of chaos and civil war.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Founded to democratize access to resources from the modern film industry, Decentralized Pictures has already awarded more than $1 million in grants and support to indie filmmakers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Western pundits, policymakers and scholars believed that China’s economic growth would democratize the autocratic country.
—Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democratize
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The America First plan proposed standardizing data collection and processing within countries.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 June 2026
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Could standardizing chocolate help small-scale farmers?—
Rebecca Ramirez,
NPR,
15 June 2026
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Nevertheless, the financial incentives could give the Iranian government the funds to rebuild the economy and potentially normalize relations with foreign investors.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The central bank has been trying to normalize monetary policy lately after decades of keeping interest rates near or below zero.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Vinícius Júnior scored an equalizing goal in the 32nd minute, giving five-time champion Brazil a 1-1 draw against Morocco on Saturday in a pulsating, high-profile group match at the World Cup.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Boualem Khoukhi scored an equalizing goal on a header in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and Qatar spoiled a dominant day by Switzerland in a 1-1 draw Saturday in Group B of the World Cup.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population.—
Marta Campabadal Graus,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Various claims are made that since generative AI is based on statistically homogenizing human knowledge, the result will be that humans will follow suit.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
11 June 2026
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“Democratize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democratize. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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