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Recent Examples of popularity The rise in popularity of women's basketball has been coming for years, but the emergence of multiple popular rookies in the WNBA has sent it over the edge. Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025 Ninomiya’s megastar popularity takes on a new shape when placed within these hyper-reflective, Unreal Engine-esque walls. Blake Simons, IndieWire, 23 May 2025 OnlyFans was founded in Britain in 2016 and exploded in popularity during Covid lockdowns. Michael Barclay, Quartz, 23 May 2025 With Mars and your celestial ruler, Venus, dancing through the fire, your relationships and connections intensify, as this seductive synergy turns up the heat, romantically and in terms of your popularity. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for popularity
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Noun
  • Industrial policy, long eschewed in policy circles, had come back in vogue as a way to strengthen supply chain resilience for industries critical to economic and national security.
    NIKITA LALWANI, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2025
  • Recent beauty trends have proven that a shiny finish has never been more in vogue.
    Essence, Essence, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The decision to move Mitchell Robinson into the starting lineup has shifted momentum in the Knicks’ favor in their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Indiana Pacers.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
  • As for Latinos, there are some signs Trump’s early presidency has done him no great favors with them.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025

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“Popularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularity. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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