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as in to disseminate
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
the various ways in which churches can propagate the faith
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Recent Examples of propagate
Patel, a podcaster who once called for the release of the files and helped propagate conspiracy theories about why they weren’t being made public, testified just days before Acosta is set to finally tell his side of the story before a congressional committee.
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Forest fungi are a different species (ectomycorrhizae or ECM) that are much more robust and tend to propagate through shallower soil layers.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
To develop a whole-virus vaccine, researchers must first spend months isolating and propagating the virus.
—Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Forest fungi are a different species (ectomycorrhizae or ECM) that are much more robust and tend to propagate through shallower soil layers.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
To develop a whole-virus vaccine, researchers must first spend months isolating and propagating the virus.
—Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propagate
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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This one-upmanship obscured testimony on how many games reproduced—rather than created—society’s sexist and racist ideals.—
Time,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Carter Braxton Worth,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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In all such cases, experts have worried that, although such disinformation might ultimately be corrected, there might not be sufficient time to get the word out, especially if AI fakes are disseminated very close to a key electoral moment — a kind of last-minute surprise.—
John Wihbey,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
5 Oct. 2025
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For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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These swells are expected to spread toward the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas tonight and on Saturday.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Propagate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagate. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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