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The agency did not answer written questions about the cuts, but in a statement referred to the slogan popularized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now the health secretary: Make America Healthy Again.
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Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
It was created and popularized in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
Her suggestive, nothing-underneath cardigan has similarly become a throwback staple, popularized by brands like Reformation who advertise them styled with satin skirts.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Trump's stance runs completely counter to orthodoxy popularized by President Ronald Reagan: trust but verify.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 12 May 2025
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Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
It was created and popularized in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
Her suggestive, nothing-underneath cardigan has similarly become a throwback staple, popularized by brands like Reformation who advertise them styled with satin skirts.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
Trump's stance runs completely counter to orthodoxy popularized by President Ronald Reagan: trust but verify.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
Verb
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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
Verb
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Ending consent decrees part of Trump's larger DOJ revamp Among Trump's allies in the law enforcement ranks, there are cheers among those who argue consent decrees micromanage departments and were overused by the previous administration.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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For example, one engineering company used AI agents to analyze workload distribution and identify areas where resources were being overused.—
Alex Circei,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Their sons’ bodies are simultaneously privileged within the space of football and stereotyped as more mature, dangerous, and threatening in the real world outside of sport.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 May 2025
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Of course, dark-skinned Black women are historically stereotyped as aggressive even though Doechii’s urgent asks are relatively inoffensive in the grand scheme of celebrity misbehavior.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Applying a minor exposure adjustment will naturally boost the contrast between darker and lighter tones of your image, and a good result will be one where the solar disk does not appear under- or overexposed.—
Josh Dury,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The couple’s recent red-carpet appearance with their kids at Pompeo’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony was a rare one, and I, for one, kind of love that their family life is the antithesis of overexposed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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