Example Sentences
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“I think having been socialized like so many other women, that we’re supposed to support men, I said: ‘Oh, it’s okay Cesar,’” she told the interviewer.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
“These costs are socialized in Texas, and the current method allocates a relatively large share to residential ratepayers,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Men — and this is not an excuse — are often not socialized to step in on these terms.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
The consummation of these deals represented an important victory for private enterprise, he pointed out, since the armies of both countries were socialized institutions.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
