popularize

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Strategy, formerly known as Microstrategy, helped popularize the concept when it started buying large amounts of bitcoin in 2020.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Sherry Zhu, 23, helped popularize habits like drinking hot water, eating boiled apples and wearing slippers around the house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

In a similar vein to the 1992 Olympics' mesmerizing "Dream Team" of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird, the 75-year-old All-Star Game has historically helped popularize the NBA worldwide.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

The movie helped popularize early reggae worldwide and transformed Mr. Cliff into Jamaica’s first global superstar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Pilar Ternera was the one who contributed most to popularize that mystification when she conceived the trick of reading the past in cards as she had read the future before.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez