gain currency

An idea has been gaining currency lately that goes something like this.

These views may gain wider currency if significant economic reform doesn't take place soon.

"Loop" is one of those computer words that has gained currency in society.

As with combat technology, human techniques were slowly gaining currency.

It is a notion, they say, that gained currency only in the early 1900's.

It was in these conditions that Marxist ideas began to gain currency.

It was in the 18th and 19th centuries that the performance gained wide currency.

The musicians say the peer review process is beginning to gain currency in the rest of the country.

The idea that boys need more help than girls do is slowly gaining currency nationally.

As a political cause, the idea has gained currency, and for good reason.