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socialize

[soh-shuh-lahyz] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /


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“Champions are the ones who socialize the broader potential of AI,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Desperate to help her socialize, Bonnie’s parents weigh the costs of getting her a tablet, reluctantly adding one to their cart.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

While tech giants have been laying off workers, they’ve also been investing heavily in technology that could disrupt how people work and socialize.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

Consumers have cut back spending—thanks to higher prices, and a shift toward healthier habits and alternative ways to relax and socialize.

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

You study and live and socialize in a community.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

One socializes with friends: Forty years in Charlottesville has brought me many smart and genial ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Karan says he socializes and eats at indoor restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2024

He works in an office plaza, lives in a shoebox apartment with vellum-thin walls and socializes at his choice of nearby casual dining establishments with names like Flingers and Chotchkie's Bar & Grill.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2024

The group shoots and socializes near the Spheres for 15 minutes before embarking on a walk through downtown.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2023

I start to see that the Internet is the way she travels; the way she socializes; the way she feels like part of things.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Men — and this is not an excuse — are often not socialized to step in on these terms.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

Mr. Trump and Epstein socialized in Palm Beach, but Epstein and his chief accuser, the late Virginia Giuffre, both left clear testimony Mr. Trump never behaved improperly.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Trump and Epstein socialized together in the 1990s and early 2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

It was the same as when he socialized with Marcy and other couples.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Holliday spends her volunteer time socializing over coffee and the newspaper, helping residents run errands, leading fitness classes on Saturday mornings and organizing game nights.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

They are stripped of their passports, assigned minders, forbidden from socializing with the locals, and in some cases forbidden to go out after 6 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

At various points while watching “Louis C.K.: Ridiculous,” my mind wandered back to the many times such kamikaze socializing missions were thrust upon me when I was a kid.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Freeman describes Lilley as a friend, and an anonymous email sent to City Council in 2024 complained their socializing “could be perceived as exerting undue influence or favoritism.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

“Stop your socializing and tell us what’s going on. Who are they?”

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys




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