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popularly

[pop-yuh-ler-lee] / ˈpɒp jə lər li /


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Earlier this week, senior EU officials debriefed European ambassadors in the glass-paneled Brussels office tower popularly known as “the Space Egg.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Although his abbreviated WBC participation this spring was popularly tied to his free agency this fall, Skubal said the decision was simply based on a history of velocity that rises later in the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Everyone received subgingival instrumentation, popularly known as scaling, which is a standard treatment for periodontitis.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Another widely shared one shows prominent protester Nkosikhona Ndabandaba, popularly known as Phakel'umthakathi and who has 1.4 million followers on Facebook, approaching a man standing by the roadside and asking him his nationality.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The 369th, popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, fought with the French at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood, spending 191 days in combat, longer than any other American unit.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman


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