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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
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Japan imports 770,000 metric tons of rice tariff-free every year, around half of which comes from the U.S. Above that quota, Japan tariffs foreign rice at ¥341 (about $2.30) per kilogram, which works out to a tariff of around 227% according to a calculation by the Japan Times.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
18 July 2025
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And while the asking price for the remaining slivers of airtime works out to a cool $266,667 per second, media buyers say that clients are clamoring for the pricey half-minutes.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
18 July 2025
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So much so that some of its significance may have gone over the heads of those casually tuning in online or even attending in person.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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So many contemporary references that went over my head.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
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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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Miami is coming off a 10-3 season that started promising but ended with two late-season losses, which cost UM a shot at an ACC title and a College Football Playoff berth.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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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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Trump had sought to deliver peace by soothing U.S. relations with Russia and distancing Washington from Ukraine, but now sees himself as misled by Putin.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Catch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20on. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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