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Happy also has to save traditional golf when an energy drink mogul (Benny Safdie) tries to popularize a more extreme version of the sport.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Its clunky nature and hefty weight, popularized by OG brands like Rocket Dog, was certainly not for everyone.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 July 2025
Askren recently signed with Real American Freestyle, the Hulk Hogan venture hoping to popularize professional freestyle wrestling.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
Singing love songs while dancing on stage in capes and glittering matching outfits had already been popularized by mainstream rock and pop bands, but those styles were only just beginning to break through the machismo deeply embedded in Mexican pop culture.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 July 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Its clunky nature and hefty weight, popularized by OG brands like Rocket Dog, was certainly not for everyone.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 July 2025
Askren recently signed with Real American Freestyle, the Hulk Hogan venture hoping to popularize professional freestyle wrestling.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
Singing love songs while dancing on stage in capes and glittering matching outfits had already been popularized by mainstream rock and pop bands, but those styles were only just beginning to break through the machismo deeply embedded in Mexican pop culture.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
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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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Another thing that Shakman does is showcase the superpowers but never overuses or over-eggs them.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Researchers are discovering that SWD could have a pyrethroid resistance, so overusing insecticides could cause SWD to gain stronger immunity and spread farther, according to the University of California.—
Sophia Valchine,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
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Sufferers have also long been stereotyped by doctors, a tendency exacerbated by the fact that migraine patients are predominantly female.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
11 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
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Lock Focus And Adjust Exposure To stop your iPhone from overexposing the bright moon, tap and hold on the moon in your camera preview to lock focus.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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At the top of the lineup, Ceci was overexposed, leading to some awful on-ice stats that probably would’ve looked fine if he was simply used in a more appropriate role.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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