popularize

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While passive, follow-the-index strategies that Vanguard helped popularize have become dominant in stocks, many investors still favor active funds in the more-complex bond markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Sports columnist Bill Simmons, who helped popularize the format, recently moved his podcasts to the platform in January as part of a deal with Spotify.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Strategy, formerly known as Microstrategy, helped popularize the concept when it started buying large amounts of bitcoin in 2020.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Early advertising campaigns helped popularize terms like "litterbug," while today the focus has shifted to "chemical recycling," promoted by industry as a way to break plastics down into their basic building blocks.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

It came about because Kepler wrote one of the first works of science fiction, intended to explain and popularize science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan