How to Use democratize in a Sentence

democratize

verb
  • The magazine's goal is to democratize art.
  • There is internal pressure on the government to democratize.
  • Community leaders have had some success in democratizing the organization.
  • So that news would be democratized.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Buchanan's goal to democratize coding stems from her own path.
    — Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The idea was both to democratize the world of fly casting and to build a customer base.
    — New York Times, 15 May 2021
  • The high art elevates the low, and the low art democratizes the high.
    — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Old Tom tells his son, when the young man announces his plans to democratize the game.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
  • That wasn’t out of budget constraints, that was to democratize self-care.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Social media has democratized beauty in a way that is unique to this decade.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But now women can dress more freely than ever, and fashion has been so democratized.
    — Christine Whitney, The Cut, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Therefore, there is still a lot of room for more no-code tools to help democratize the internet.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In each case, tools democratize access to knowledge.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Our aim is to democratize our content in a way that is both relatable and inclusive.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • And democratized and available to just about anyone, to aid and empower them.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Allen said the era of the internet and streaming has democratized the type of voices that can find success.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
  • His wish to democratize leisure is bound to a fierce disdain for the rich but never translated into any concern for the poor.
    — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • But the plummeting cost of genome sequencing helped democratize the field.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2013
  • Still, there is only so far that McCoy can democratize his own products.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Musk has sought to democratize the policy around the blue check mark, which had become something of a status marker.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Congress wasn’t the only branch that Wilson tried to democratize.
    — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • And now YouTube has democratized filmmaking in a way nothing else has.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • But the digital age has democratized the travel writing genre.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In our quest to democratize this nation and even dominate the world, whose sacrifices may have been overlooked?
    — Lisa Ling, CNN, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The thought of democratizing the brand is exciting.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
  • The good news is that the technology needed to crunch census data and draw district maps has been democratized.
    — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 28 June 2019
  • Grant hopes the foundation can help democratize the buying, selling and valuing of art, both in the metaverse and in real life.
    — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2022
  • The goal is not just to diversify the workforce but to democratize access to one of the fastest-growing career fields in the country.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 29 July 2025
  • For Maxwell, whose gowns sell for several thousand dollars each, this is a chance to work to democratize fashion.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The idea, according to Google, was to democratize travel as the pandemic eased.
    — Laura Forman, WSJ, 11 July 2022

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