Community leaders have had some success in democratizing the organization.
There is internal pressure on the government to democratize.
The magazine's goal is to democratize art.
an effort to democratize politics
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By open-sourcing full-link verification capabilities, the company empowers small teams and independent developers with equal access to high-performance foundational resources, democratizing embodied intelligence development.—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 One way to help democratize homeownership is by making the benefit open only to first-time buyers, who are more likely to be younger and less wealthy, Fatheree noted.—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026 The Double-Edged Sword Social media democratized brand building in ways that seemed impossible a generation ago.—Mina Haque, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026 Last year, Hims & Hers ran a Super Bowl ad similarly focused on democratizing care—specifically GLP-1s for weight loss.—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for democratize
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Etymology
borrowed from French démocratiser, from démocratiedemocracy + -iser-ize