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popularity

[pop-yuh-lar-i-tee] / ˌpɒp jəˈlær ɪ ti /


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Breast implants were invented in the early ‘60s and gained popularity through the ‘80s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

There are 21 celebrities taking part in total - two more than last year - and there will be an extra episode after the huge popularity of last year's series.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nuclear energy is enjoying a resurgence in popularity after largely falling out of favor after the Three Mile Island incident in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

They also said that given Netflix’s popularity, subscriptions to the platform were unlikely to be canceled by AI agents, which people are increasingly using to help track what services they’re signed up for.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

But despite his underestimation of England and his overestimation of France, Jefferson's reputation and popularity soared.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

And while he’s happy for these books’ popularities, he says that some subjects may be better told by kids who also aren’t tasked with saving the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

We have seen extended popularities of “connect the dots,” “touching base,” “walking you through,” “deep dive,” “gain traction” and “circle back.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2017

That is, the difference between the popularities of a given song in different “worlds” increased as the strength of social influence increased.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2013

And in all art-work the first requisite is, that a man have, in the collective sense and reason of mankind, a firm foothold for withstanding the shifting currents and fashions and popularities of the day.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson

My American Ballads, perhaps after "Proverbial Philosophy," the chief cause of my Transatlantic popularities, had their origin at Albury.

From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper




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