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socialize

[soh-shuh-lahyz] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /


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As you age, you may face limitations on your ability to exert agency, socialize often and embrace a cause.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Having a beach key, she said, “doesn’t feel like a club, because you don’t go there to socialize with other people—but it feels like an incredible thing to have.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Growing up, Harp spent most of her time with adults, especially her mother, and would rarely socialize with her peers, her brother recalled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Meals can be a time to socialize and deepen bonds with family and friends.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Ma and Pa think he should socialize more, make more profitable connections.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

One of the few Turks in Karagümrük who socializes with the Syrians, he argues that the latter—devout Sunni Muslims who flock to the local mosques—are “our votes in the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Adjusting how you interact with someone who socializes differently doesn’t mean reigning in your personality, says Saad.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

He works in an office plaza, lives in a shoebox apartment with vellum-thin walls and socializes at his choice of nearby casual dining establishments with names like Flingers and Chotchkie’s Bar & Grill.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2024

It wasn’t quite a Bond movie, but the trial provided glimpses of the sometimes glamorous locations where the art world lives, socializes and does business.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2024

I start to see that the Internet is the way she travels; the way she socializes; the way she feels like part of things.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

That can be tricky, too, since women have likewise been socialized to expect men to suck it up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

People who engage in romantic relationships with men — women, femmes, gay men, etc. — are socialized to be ever-forgiving, to have infinite patience and compassion.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

“I think having been socialized like so many other women, that we’re supposed to support men, I said: ‘Oh, it’s okay Cesar,’” she told the interviewer.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

I was socialized in the crucible of millennial progressivism.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2026

Blacks and whites lived separately, ate separately, studied separately, socialized separately, worshipped separately, and, for the most part, worked separately.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Speaking of that: It’s not too late to join our series of challenges to help you rediscover the beauty of socializing in a pre-smartphone era.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

So after reading what felt like the hundredth article declaring that my generation had abandoned alcohol, nightlife and socializing altogether, I started wondering whether I was missing something.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The findings suggest that everyday patterns, such as waking, eating, working, socializing, and going to bed at similar times, may support better overall well-being.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Holliday spends her volunteer time socializing over coffee and the newspaper, helping residents run errands, leading fitness classes on Saturday mornings and organizing game nights.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Move from circle to circle, socializing with everyone like they all know each other?

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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