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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ghettoize .
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Examples
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Knoxville's mission district "ghettoizes" our homeless and mentally ill Chicks and Guns
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Knoxville's mission district "ghettoizes" our homeless and mentally ill Chicks and Guns
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The reason a handful of very popular sitcoms still use canned laughter—and the reason why veteran network leaders always want to use laugh tracks, even though doing so immediately ghettoizes their programming—is due to a specific assumption about human nature.
“Ha ha,” he said. “Ha ha.” Chuck Klosterman 2009
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The reason a handful of very popular sitcoms still use canned laughter—and the reason why veteran network leaders always want to use laugh tracks, even though doing so immediately ghettoizes their programming—is due to a specific assumption about human nature.
Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television Chuck Klosterman 2009
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The reason a handful of very popular sitcoms still use canned laughter—and the reason why veteran network leaders always want to use laugh tracks, even though doing so immediately ghettoizes their programming—is due to a specific assumption about human nature.
“Ha ha,” he said. “Ha ha.” Chuck Klosterman 2009
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The reason a handful of very popular sitcoms still use canned laughter—and the reason why veteran network leaders always want to use laugh tracks, even though doing so immediately ghettoizes their programming—is due to a specific assumption about human nature.
“Ha ha,” he said. “Ha ha.” Chuck Klosterman 2009
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So when a swing voter turns on a television and sees someone attacking a president who is a little busy figuring out how to solve big global problems (Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economy, to name a few) for what is perceived as a community specific issue, it ghettoizes the community in question, in this instance the gay community.
Keli Goff: Why the Gay Marriage Message Is Misfiring: Part II 2009
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The reason a handful of very popular sitcoms still use canned laughter—and the reason why veteran network leaders always want to use laugh tracks, even though doing so immediately ghettoizes their programming—is due to a specific assumption about human nature.
“Ha ha,” he said. “Ha ha.” Chuck Klosterman 2009
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“But if you say Christian comedy it ghettoizes you,” explained one young man.
Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008
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Publishers no longer feel that an online review “ghettoizes” a book, particularly with the declining space given by print newspapers and magazines to books.
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