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popularity

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


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Perpetual futures, known as perps, exploded in popularity overseas this year but had mostly been limited to crypto in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Over the next 16 years, the church grew in popularity, drawing thousands of followers in its branches across Kenya.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The commentary on the traditional cultural celebration prompted Pulido to put out an open call for invitations to perform at quinceañeras across the Congressional District, aiding his popularity in the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Cadillac spent years convincing F1 to expand from 10 to 11 teams as the series surfed a new wave of popularity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

That note, it turned out—which by now had been quoted or read aloud by half the grade—was Maya’s first ticket to a kind of popularity she’d never experienced before.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

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

Secondary popularities, already rooted in the city and faubourgs, had been founded behind those mighty national popularities of Mirabeau, La Fayette, and Bailly.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde

In literature, too, there have been seen popularities greater even than Scott's, and nothing perennial in the interior of them.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge


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