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popularize

[pop-yuh-luh-rahyz] / ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz /


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Japanese pitchers migrating to MLB, including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, have helped popularize the splitter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 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

By converting a police vehicle warehouse into the Temporary Contemporary in 1983, Gehry helped popularize the reuse of industrial buildings in the museum world.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

It came about because Kepler wrote one of the first works of science fiction, intended to explain and popularize science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan