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Recent Examples of catch on
Stateside beauty brands might just now be catching on, but jelly blushes have already been popular in Asia for a while, says Charlotte Cho, cofounder of Soko Glam and K-beauty expert.
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 10 July 2025
Pay transparency has slowly been catching on in the U.S.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Two fights were caught on video and uploaded to Facebook.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 6 July 2025
The chances of Combs’ image itself being significantly rehabilitated seems slim, given that violent, abusive behavior was caught on camera and aired to millions of people around the world.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 10 July 2025
Pay transparency has slowly been catching on in the U.S.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Two fights were caught on video and uploaded to Facebook.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 6 July 2025
The chances of Combs’ image itself being significantly rehabilitated seems slim, given that violent, abusive behavior was caught on camera and aired to millions of people around the world.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on
Verb
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If not, being left out worked out pretty well for Lindor last season.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Things usually work out — however, the SHARAD instrument has always been at a disadvantage.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Teams regularly exceed their bonus pools, but no team has gone over the 5 percent threshold since the draft bonus pool system was implemented in 2012.—
Melissa Lockard,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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So many contemporary references that went over my head.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Club America is coming off an excellent 2024-25 Clausura season, finishing second on the Liga MX table with 34 points in 17 matches and a league-leading plus-24 goal differential.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Early in the game, James came off a screen with Cooper trailing and arriving too late, giving James just enough time to launch a jumper that settled into the net.—
Broderick Turner
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Xiaomi has succeeded, while Apple barely got off the ground.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Smith succeeds former Maryland athletic director Damon Evans, who departed for SMU in March after a simmering conflict with former head men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard came to a head during the Terrapins’ NCAA Tournament run last season.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
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That projection wouldn’t pan out, of course, if enough millionaires left the city to avoid the tax.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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Here’s what else to know about the two-day draft and how recent Sox and Cubs draft picks have panned out.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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To log in, click here. SubscribeSign in SubscribeLog in RevContent Feed Most Popular More in Politics Trump urged supporters to see conspiracies everywhere.—
Gabriella Fine,
Baltimore Sun,
15 July 2025
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To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, click here.—
Matthew Impelli,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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This casual outpost delivers exactly what its setting promises: pizza, salads, burgers and baskets of onion rings, chicken wings and fish and chips.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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That’s no longer the case, thanks to innovations like Nova, which deliver impressive results that rival those of their less sustainable counterparts.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
15 July 2025
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“Catch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20on. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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