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Recent Examples of democratize
Chamcham says Mini Studio has opened its tools to creators to democratize animation production and unlock a new wave of original IP with fewer structural barriers.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
What most engineers overlook is that the race to democratize LiDAR won’t be won on luxury vehicles.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
In regions such as Latin America, where the United States spent much of the twentieth century supporting military rule, many countries were already skeptical of Washington’s post–Cold War pivot urging governments to democratize.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Beijing then propped up this new ruling class as a bulwark against efforts to further democratize the territory.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
What most engineers overlook is that the race to democratize LiDAR won’t be won on luxury vehicles.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
In regions such as Latin America, where the United States spent much of the twentieth century supporting military rule, many countries were already skeptical of Washington’s post–Cold War pivot urging governments to democratize.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Beijing then propped up this new ruling class as a bulwark against efforts to further democratize the territory.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democratize
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Tech company Qicaihong has gone further, expanding from China’s Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, to a very rural part of Yunnan province to standardize local corn production for bigger markets.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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The club serves as the sport’s governing body in Scotland and standardized the rules of play.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Emma Schubart, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, warned that specialized NHS outreach risks normalizing close-relative relationships.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.—
Robert Samuels,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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But Iglesias equalized in the third minute of stoppage time when Pablo Durán set him up with his heel after a good run from Sergio Carreira.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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But Sweden was unfazed as Gabriel Landeskog, a forward for the Colorado Avalanche, equalized just five minutes later.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
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In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Though denim fashion has homogenized over the past several seasons, Nauman Ahmad, Soorty’s head of product development and business development, sees a growing appetite for novelties.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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As time passed, chains like Hattie B’s Hot Chicken and Party Fowl have homogenized the concept, which has caught on in places far from the Music City.—
Matt Moore,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Democratize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democratize. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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