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								regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public a popular tourist attraction
 a popular girl
 cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular
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								carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
 the popular vote
 popular representation
 institutions of popular government
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								representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
 a democratic or popular movement
 popular thought
 popular science
 popular fiction
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								(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
 
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