dissemination

noun

dis·sem·i·na·tion | \ di-ˌse-mə-ˈnā-shən

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: the act or process of disseminating or spreading something : the state of being disseminated the dissemination of ideas And thanks to the emergence of social media as the increasingly dominant mode of information dissemination, are we nearing a time when truth itself will become just another commodity to be bought and sold on the social-media markets?— Michael Hirschorn For centuries, translating a text signified that it was essential, worthy of preservation and dissemination.— Aviya Kushner Although the Hong Kong flu outbreak was associated with comparatively few deaths worldwide, the virus was highly contagious, a factor that facilitated its rapid global dissemination.— Kara Rogers

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The first known use of dissemination was in 1615

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