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caught on

ADJECTIVE
popular
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attractive beloved famous fashionable favored prominent suitable trendy
WEAK
accepted approved celebrated crowd-pleasing faddish in in demand in favor in the mainstream in vogue leading likable liked lovable noted notorious now okay pleasing praised preferred prevailing promoted right stuff run-after selling social societal sought sought-after stylish the rage thing well-liked well-received
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inconspicuous obscure old-fashioned unfashionable unknown unpopular
WEAK
disliked

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The name caught on in 1969 when an announcer said that even though the Hickman football team was losing, they were “smiling like a bunch of Kewpies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

I don’t care if the officers caught on tape didn’t intend to offend, and I don’t care what Hochman intends the message to be with his vast over-charging of Flores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

We stop at a northern-style dumpling chain, a new import that’s caught on fast.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

It was a shocking moment caught on live television.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The sled got caught on a willow root.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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