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become popular

VERB
take
Synonyms
STRONGEST
draw
STRONG
allure attract bewitch charm delight entertain fascinate magnetize overwhelm please wile
WEAK
win favor
Antonyms
STRONG
bore depress disenchant displease refuse repel repulse tire turn off
WEAK
abstain add avoid be honest be immune disallow discontinue dodge fail give hold keep lose maintain misconceive misunderstand offer receive reject stop

Example Sentences

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The early electric Mustang models were shunned by some but have become popular.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Among so-called peptide users, often people involved in the fitness or looksmaxxing communities, off-label use of retatrutide has become popular.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Scientists believe millet may have become popular because it adapted well to environmental or economic pressures.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

That new version has itself become popular on the programming platform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He’d changed his tune now to one that had just become popular this year.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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