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become popular

VERB
take
Synonyms
STRONGEST
draw
STRONG
allure attract bewitch charm delight entertain fascinate magnetize overwhelm please wile
WEAK
win favor
Antonyms
STRONG
bore depress disenchant displease refuse repel repulse tire turn off
WEAK
abstain add avoid be honest be immune disallow discontinue dodge fail give hold keep lose maintain misconceive misunderstand offer receive reject stop

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Anthropic, which is expected to go public this year, defied skeptics by posting explosive sales growth and its first operating profit in the second quarter—powered by coding tools that have become popular with corporate clients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

The early electric Mustang models were shunned by some but have become popular.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Scientists believe millet may have become popular because it adapted well to environmental or economic pressures.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Confidentially filing IPO paperwork has become popular since it was introduced 14 years ago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A Belgian science fiction writer, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex, first used the term in 1929, but it didn’t become popular until 1961.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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