popularization
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Many festival regulars credit Sundance, and Park City by extension, with the popularization of indie aesthetics and sensibility, bringing life-changing financial success to previously unknown filmmakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
I think what eyeliner says about beauty standards in that specific context, the popularization of Nefertiti was that they were not fully ready to revise their beauty standards.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023
Astronomers and astrologers pin the popularization of moon epithets to the rise of the internet.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
For much of the past decade, Tesla’s popularization of electric vehicles has centered on one innovation above all others: solving “range anxiety,” or the worry that your EV will run out of juice midtrip.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023
Even today there are scientists opposed to the popularization of science: the sacred knowledge is to be kept within the cult, unsullied by public understanding.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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