How to Use politicize in a Sentence

politicize

verb
  • They have politicized the budget process.
  • And look, the case is politicized.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Palestine politicized me in a way that there was no going back the same.
    — Robin D.g. Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The case was quickly politicized.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • And, after that, if that gets politicized, it gets politicized.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The last two years have become overly politicized.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Yet there is a risk the election could further politicize the issue.
    — Lena Surzhko Harned, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
  • There have been several attempts over the decades to re-politicize it.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • My preference is even after the fact, not to politicize this.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The team will have to sidestep attempts to politicize its inquiry.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
  • So yes, this is going to be politicized – and Hils is part of the reason why.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2018
  • The effort has calmed some fears—not least about politicizing the central bank.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • His health has become yet another thing to spin, lie about, and politicize.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Many of us worked for years to move the needle, only to see the language of progress politicized.
    — C200, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And this threat has been supremely politicized by the president.
    — Eric Johnson, Vox, 11 June 2019
  • Still, some scholars believe 18-year terms would help de-politicize the court.
    — Bo Erickson, Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Just instantly, like, weaponized or politicized.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And even in an election year, Berry said, the matter of menopause is one that shouldn’t be politicized.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The Supreme Court should not be politicized and packed by either party.
    — Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Rather than drive a wedge by politicizing and placing policies on the dais that divert from progress.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Look, the Olympic Games have always been politicized in one way or the other.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
  • The quick about-face shows how the decisions of big business have been politicized in recent years.
    — Jason Del Rey, Vox, 11 June 2019
  • If politicized, it would no longer be trusted as a source of information.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
  • To suggest otherwise would be to politicize a tragedy, which would be shameful.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Worse, in recent years, even the memory of the genocide has been politicized.
    — Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Trump’s efforts to politicize and co-opt the military on his behalf.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2021
  • And that’s why neutral institutions that are meant to serve all of us shouldn’t be politicized.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
  • These are – the perception of the Court is just the – being politicized here with a big donor.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 May 2023
  • Our hair, our skin tone, our children, our culture, our speech are politicized in a new context every year.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Whereas in the United States, that is politicized.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026

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