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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
Supply chains require faster adaptation as disruptions propagate globally in real time.
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Dhiraj Adya,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Move or regularly rotate your strawberry pots to receive even light distribution, and propagate future runners in areas that receive plenty of sun for more successful seasons.
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Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
Ahead, experts share their go-to methods for propagating a lemon tree the right way.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
15 June 2026
The garden maintains detailed records for individual plants, contributes climate-change monitoring data, shares plant material with researchers and propagates threatened species as a safeguard against extinction.
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Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for propagate
Dhiraj Adya,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Move or regularly rotate your strawberry pots to receive even light distribution, and propagate future runners in areas that receive plenty of sun for more successful seasons.
—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
Ahead, experts share their go-to methods for propagating a lemon tree the right way.
—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
15 June 2026
The garden maintains detailed records for individual plants, contributes climate-change monitoring data, shares plant material with researchers and propagates threatened species as a safeguard against extinction.
—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for propagate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for propagate
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In organisms that reproduce via the union of types—this group also includes yeasts and slime molds—partners are functionally equivalent and the exchange of genetic material is symmetrical, an arrangement called isogamy.
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Under what’s called the sterile insect technique, the government breeds male screwworm flies that can’t reproduce, then releases them into the wild.
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
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Everyone who chooses to has a platform for disseminating and consuming information about science, whether true or not.
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Influence will increasingly come from the ability to use AI well, redesign workflows and multiply output, rather than from seniority alone.
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That payoff helps explain why drop-in formats keep multiplying across cities.
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While proudly rooted in Italy, the business today features 260 stores spread across 60 countries, giving it a front-row seat to how the world spectates and celebrates the game.
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Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said.
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“Propagate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagate. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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