Example Sentences

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And while he’s happy for these books’ popularities, he says that some subjects may be better told by kids who also aren’t tasked with saving the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

We have seen extended popularities of “connect the dots,” “touching base,” “walking you through,” “deep dive,” “gain traction” and “circle back.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2017

That is, the difference between the popularities of a given song in different “worlds” increased as the strength of social influence increased.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2013

The scientific irrelevancies and solemn popularities, less elaborately embodied, I seem to have met with before—in papers signed by more than one serious and unqualified sage, whose mind also was not narrowed by knowledge.

From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Whistler, James McNeill

To those who only care for the light popularities, of the season, give Balfe and Verdi, Glover and Jullien.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George