popularize

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Recent Examples of popularize Samuel Gui Yang, a Chinese designer known for popularizing New Chinese Style, has teamed with Mo&Co on a capsule collection for its elevated Edition line. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025 Samsung is starting 2025 with a fresh attempt at popularizing 3D displays. Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025 Wheeler not only advanced our understanding of the universe, but helped the general public understand it as well, popularizing many scientific phrases used today. Ken Bridges, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024 Starbucks popularized the third-space concept globally, embedding it into its brand identity. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for popularize 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
Verb
  • His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.
    Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 2 June 2017
Verb
  • Others may be nervous about overusing sanctions, as Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary in Trump’s first administration, was.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The downside is that the technology can permanently damage its user if overused, which in turn puts it on a watchlist of sorts.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Some people were outright hostile to his presence, perhaps because solar bros are widely stereotyped as dishonest.
    Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This portrayal conflicts with societal expectations of killers, who are often stereotyped as outcasts or visibly dangerous individuals.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This petulant idea almost works because actress Amy Adams, in the nameless role, benefits from no longer being overexposed.
    Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Tucker is a free agent after next season and the team doesn’t want to overexpose Yordan Alvarez to left field.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024

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