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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Self-service shopping was popularized by Clarence Saunders.
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Self-service supermarkets were first popularized by businessman Clarence Saunders.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Architects and critics with purist views were suspicious of Hill, but he helped to popularize the modern style.
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Frozen food has greatly increased in popularity ever since Clarence Birdseye popularized frozen peas during the 1920s.
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Post-war architects, amongst whom Frederick Gibberd was soon prominent, popularized a style which drew on many influences.
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The protein-sparing modified fast was popularized in the form of liquid protein diets.
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They are especially skilled at popularizing the technical aspects of genetics.
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They went on to popularize bluegrass, becoming favorites on the college circuit.
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To help popularize them, he was sending specimens to a few lucky customers for showroom display.
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What Watergate did do, though, was to popularize investigative reporting and bring it into the mainstream.