popularize
verb (used with object)
to make popular.
popularized
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past participleof popularize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof popularize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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A prominent AI researcher, Goertzel and DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg popularized the term “artificial general intelligence” in the early 2000s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Over the past year, the “TACO” trade has evolved from just a humorous acronym, first popularized by a columnist with the Financial Times, into a major force in markets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Thought leader Eliezer Yudkowsky, who originally popularized safety concerns about AI, initially believed that AI would be friendly but has since adopted the view that AI could lead to human extinction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He’s positioning Bond as an alternative to NetJets and Flexjet, decades-old companies that popularized fractional jet ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Napoleon had popularized the word, which had first been used by the French philosophe Destutt de Tracy, whom Jefferson had read and admired enormously.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
