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
The feed has popularized inflammatory interpretations and inadequately researched writing, rather than the extensively investigated material published by dedicated journalists.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
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
Equally eminent as excavator, philologist, and historian, Maspero was the first to popularize Egyptology in France, as Flinders Petrie, the greatest excavator since Mariette, has popularized it in England.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
