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Over the years, the ideas popularized by Gale would inspire a variety of far-right groups, individuals, and movements, including Timothy McVeigh, who carried out the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
Scream helped popularize Caller ID … for obvious reasons.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
These sites combine results from dozens, if not hundreds, of surveys, and many run a style of election simulation popularized by Nate Silver, who foundedFiveThirtyEight (now 538).
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
The novel helped popularize the genre of steampunk, in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century technologies are merged.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
Scream helped popularize Caller ID … for obvious reasons.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
These sites combine results from dozens, if not hundreds, of surveys, and many run a style of election simulation popularized by Nate Silver, who foundedFiveThirtyEight (now 538).
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
The novel helped popularize the genre of steampunk, in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century technologies are merged.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 2 June 2017
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However, some companies will overuse AI, which will inevitably result in the destruction of trust for them, and ultimately, business failure.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Before adding another one, remember that overusing them can cause health and skin problems in the long term.Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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To Rival Gold Trump Vs. Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Leads In Latest Survey—As Polls Tighten Week Before Election Day Google Makes A Special Offer To Pixel Customers Against this backdrop, Zaki says, hope has been stereotyped as naïve, blinkered, and even toxic.Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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But the work was more specific than simply stereotyping bigger, older guys as grips and skinnier kids as PAs.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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For example, if a background firework causes a few seconds of the shot to be overexposed, Clean Machine will ensure the color and lighting are still consistent throughout the video when the flash itself is removed.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2024
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The photos are overexposed, the typefaces are old-fashioned, and many of the colors would have looked at home in a 1970s kitchen.Ann Abel, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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