popularize
verb (used with object)
to make popular.
has popularized
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present perfectof popularize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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No tilling, thanks — or “no dig,” as he calls this method he has popularized.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
And, in the nearer term, it’s key to better competing with TikTok, which has popularized a new way AI is used to suggest content.
From The Verge ● Jun. 2, 2022
Peter Atwater, a lecturer in economics at the College of William & Mary, has popularized a term for this phenomenon: the K-shaped recovery.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2021
While Milano has popularized the movement, the original ‘me too’ phrase was started by New York activist Tarana Burke in 2006.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2017
He has popularized the story, and he has cheapened it.
From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Chauncey Brewster Tinker
