popularized

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Tesla popularized electric vehicles and remains one of the most recognized car brands in the world.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Harvard political scientist Graham Allison popularized what he called the “Thucydides trap” by identifying a dozen times in history when a rising power threatened an established power and war resulted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The post-Cold War “end of history” era, a term popularized by political scientist Francis Fukuyama in 1989, was built around the idea that liberal democracy and the U.S.-led order had triumphed, Reid said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Charity Angél Dawson, who has performed in Broadway productions of “Waitress” and “Chicago,” buttered up the crowd between renditions of songs popularized by Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

This was all occurring thirty years before the hit television show Glee popularized the notion—which even now is more an idea than a reality in most high schools—that a top athlete would participate in drama.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove