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Why the Shot Ritual Isn’t the Point The shot format Kardashian helped popularize has no distinct research supporting it as a method.
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Another company that started in Utah, Swig, has helped to popularize Dirty Soda, a concept that's exploded, in part, thanks to its appearances on Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
Sports columnist Bill Simmons, who helped popularize the format, recently moved his podcasts to the platform in January as part of a deal with Spotify.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Celebrities like Suki Waterhouse and Kylie Jenner have helped popularize the style with eye-catching dual-diamond designs.
—Freya Drohan, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Another company that started in Utah, Swig, has helped to popularize Dirty Soda, a concept that's exploded, in part, thanks to its appearances on Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
Sports columnist Bill Simmons, who helped popularize the format, recently moved his podcasts to the platform in January as part of a deal with Spotify.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Celebrities like Suki Waterhouse and Kylie Jenner have helped popularize the style with eye-catching dual-diamond designs.
—Freya Drohan, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for popularize
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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
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Magic erasers are another tool that’s easy to overuse.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2026
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But in science, they have been especially overused.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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In crime coverage, journalists should create equity by being cognizant of correcting any coverage trends that privilege white groups over people of color, especially stereotyping Black and Latino men as violent.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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The pregnant body, unhidden Bolton argues that the pregnant body has either been ignored or stereotyped in art.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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And overexposed to real estate.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Valuations for the funds last month dropped to their lowest since 2022 amid concerns that the lenders may be overexposed to software businesses under threat from AI disruption.—
Olivia Fishlow,
Bloomberg,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Popularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popularize. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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