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popularity

[pop-yuh-lar-i-tee] / ˌpɒp jəˈlær ɪ ti /


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Being pushy works, even if it won’t win you popularity contests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The pier - which first opened in 1866 - attracted two million visitors at its peak, though its popularity declined after World War Two.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

For investors who wish to stay invested while softening the effect of a possible market correction, the lower-volatility approach has been gaining in popularity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

After the decision not to renew Kesic's show, hundreds protested in Belgrade, in a sign of his popularity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

He’d picked up biking a couple of years earlier, not by virtue of its popularity, but out of necessity.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

And while he’s happy for these books’ popularities, he says that some subjects may be better told by kids who also aren’t tasked with saving the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

We have seen extended popularities of “connect the dots,” “touching base,” “walking you through,” “deep dive,” “gain traction” and “circle back.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2017

That is, the difference between the popularities of a given song in different “worlds” increased as the strength of social influence increased.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2013

To those who only care for the light popularities, of the season, give Balfe and Verdi, Glover and Jullien.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge

In literature, too, there have been seen popularities greater even than Scott's, and nothing perennial in the interior of them.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge


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