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
Its popularization is credited to Los Panchos, a famed Mexico City trío romántico from the 1940s that’s known for such hits as “Besame Mucho” and “Sabor a Mi,” recorded with American jazz singer Eydie Gorme.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
Accessorizing—and the popularization of it—breeds cupidity, to a degree, which has been accentuated by social media, according to research.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2024
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
Fairly or unfairly, to her derogators Pittman epitomized all that was reprehensible about Dick Bass’s popularization of the Seven Summits and the ensuing debasement of the world’s highest mountain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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