- past participle of popularize.
- past tense form of popularize.
popularized
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The startup Pickle on Thursday joined the agent craze with a “personal AI you raise,” a concept popularized by Tamagotchis in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Steinem, who co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1971 and who popularized the saying “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” became famous at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Over the past year, the “TACO” trade has evolved from just a humorous acronym, first popularized by a columnist with the Financial Times, into a major force in markets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
He spoke of the “hero’s journey,” a story pattern popularized by 20th century writer and professor Joseph Campbell, and how it inspired George Lucas, a former USC student, to write “Star Wars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Microsoft, IBM, and a host of other companies contributed to the development of XML and SOAP, and both were subsequently ratified and popularized as Internet standards.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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