democratize

verb

Definition of democratizenext
as in to standardize

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Recent Examples of democratize After Japan’s defeat in WWII, there was a deliberate effort to democratize the nation and defang its intelligence community. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 Bask Health has helped democratize healthcare entrepreneurship. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Congress wasn’t the only branch that Wilson tried to democratize. — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 This advancement stands to save countless lives, democratize medical knowledge, and lower overall medical costs. — Time, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for democratize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for democratize
  1. standardize
  2. normalize
  3. equalize
  4. regularize
  5. homogenize
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  • In the agentic era, this layer is increasingly standardized through open frameworks like the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Even retailers can use them to standardize how to handle tricky Point of Sale (POS) tasks.
    — K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of standardize
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  • Naturally, the rest of the plot focusses on his elaborate scheme to get out of hot water by normalizing the word in his office.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Some of Syria’s neighbors have also lauded the decision as a landmark step to normalizing the geopolitical situation in a country ripped apart again and again by civil conflict.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of normalize
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  • Messi’s pinpoint pass to Luis Suárez was headed across the Union goalmouth for Miami homegrown striker Daniel Pinter to equalize from close range.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Kate Faasse equalized for the Dash in the 42nd minute after Kiki Van Zanten’s shot deflected off North Carolina goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
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  • Successive governments from the political center, right and left maintained policies aimed at regularizing Venezuelans, eventually receiving nearly a third of the diaspora.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population.
    — Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026
Definition of regularize
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  • European clients ordered the domestic panorama in custom sizes for the parlor and hung twenty-two arrangeable panels of distant islands and homogenized races draped in foliage and Neoclassical dress—the first garden, before knowing arrived.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But in general, the scuzz in these songs is homogenized, distributed evenly rather than sticking out in clumps.
    — Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Definition of homogenize

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“Democratize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democratize. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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