as in distribution
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as in disseminating
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
broadcast the information only to people who needed to know
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as in publishing
to make known openly or publicly
please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet
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Recent Examples of broadcasting
David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
But the accomplishments haven’t extinguished dissent about tech’s sports broadcasting takeover.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Over the decades, the network has polished its Masters coverage into what is largely viewed as golf broadcasting's gold standard.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
That means the broadcasting companies are fighting for their lives as their majority Baby Boomer audiences dwindle and younger viewers decline to adopt the same viewing habits as their parents and grandparents.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
According to the media freedom lobbying group Reporters Without Borders, Orbán supporters control 80% of the country’s media through organization like KESMA, which has a stranglehold on private television, and MTVA, which controls the public broadcasting network.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
But the game presentation and studio shows are awesome additions to the broadcasting landscape.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Fox News converted high-definition broadcasting in 2008 and was providing service to 86 countries and territories by 2019.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Richard Rampell, the board chair at South Florida’s flagship NPR station, has resigned amid a legal battle with the Miami-Dade County School Board, which holds the station’s broadcasting license.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Just seven days’ exposure to shipping noise weakens the immune systems of blue mussels; but a process called acoustic enrichment, broadcasting the sound of a healthy reef, can attract marine life back to a bleached one, restitching the acoustic fabric of an entire ecosystem.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Chavismo defined itself globally by broadcasting fiery anti-Americanism while courting allies in Havana, Moscow, and Tehran to champion a multipolar world.
—Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
Netflix began broadcasting Christmas Day games, and the Chiefs were selected for that, too.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Create a Seed/Potting Soil Mix Mix seed with potting soil instead of broadcasting seed itself.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
Three tankers broadcasting Omani ownership appear to have navigated the Strait of Hormuz by hugging their home country’s coastline, indicating a different route to a northerly path through Iranian waters.
—Prejula Prem, Bloomberg, 2 Apr. 2026
That makes sense, given she's used to broadcasting snippets of her life to her more than 7 million TikTok followers and nearly 4 million on Instagram.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Australian Eastern Daylight Time, broadcasting live nationwide on television and radio.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
The move represented the shattering of a tradition of bipartisan support for public broadcasting stretching back more than a half-century.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
But the accomplishments haven’t extinguished dissent about tech’s sports broadcasting takeover.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Over the decades, the network has polished its Masters coverage into what is largely viewed as golf broadcasting's gold standard.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
That means the broadcasting companies are fighting for their lives as their majority Baby Boomer audiences dwindle and younger viewers decline to adopt the same viewing habits as their parents and grandparents.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
According to the media freedom lobbying group Reporters Without Borders, Orbán supporters control 80% of the country’s media through organization like KESMA, which has a stranglehold on private television, and MTVA, which controls the public broadcasting network.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
But the game presentation and studio shows are awesome additions to the broadcasting landscape.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Fox News converted high-definition broadcasting in 2008 and was providing service to 86 countries and territories by 2019.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Richard Rampell, the board chair at South Florida’s flagship NPR station, has resigned amid a legal battle with the Miami-Dade County School Board, which holds the station’s broadcasting license.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
None of this should be interpreted as a harbinger of doom and/or looming disenfranchisement for CBS, which is set to embark on its 71st consecutive year of broadcasting the Masters into our living rooms.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Just seven days’ exposure to shipping noise weakens the immune systems of blue mussels; but a process called acoustic enrichment, broadcasting the sound of a healthy reef, can attract marine life back to a bleached one, restitching the acoustic fabric of an entire ecosystem.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Chavismo defined itself globally by broadcasting fiery anti-Americanism while courting allies in Havana, Moscow, and Tehran to champion a multipolar world.
—Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
Netflix began broadcasting Christmas Day games, and the Chiefs were selected for that, too.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Create a Seed/Potting Soil Mix Mix seed with potting soil instead of broadcasting seed itself.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
Three tankers broadcasting Omani ownership appear to have navigated the Strait of Hormuz by hugging their home country’s coastline, indicating a different route to a northerly path through Iranian waters.
—Prejula Prem, Bloomberg, 2 Apr. 2026
That makes sense, given she's used to broadcasting snippets of her life to her more than 7 million TikTok followers and nearly 4 million on Instagram.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Australian Eastern Daylight Time, broadcasting live nationwide on television and radio.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadcasting
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Beyond the acquisition costs, the report estimates spending another $21 billion in capital investment over the space of three decades to maintain the assets for transmission and distribution of the utility system.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Quantum key distribution makes use of quantum entanglement, which locks two particles together through one of their properties, like spin.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Apr. 2026
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The leadership also froze the agency’s other election security work, which included assessing local election offices for physical and cybersecurity risks, and disseminating sensitive intelligence information on threats.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
13 Apr. 2026
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Sculptor and illustrator Jacques Tilly, who designed the aforementioned float, has been reported to the police for disseminating hate speech and violating the Criminal Code, which prohibits the use of Nazi imagery for purposes not expressly linked to art, scholarship, teaching, or reporting.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But McMahon was not interested in publishing white papers.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The two researchers began compiling and publishing their joint reflections on game strategies, and this culminated in the nearly 700-page book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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An industry has cropped up devoted to the creation, marketing, and dissemination of synthetic peptides.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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App stores, hosting providers, cloud services and internet infrastructure companies are also enabling the dissemination of this misinformation and propaganda.—
Steven Stalinsky,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Here are two simple methods for propagating ZZ plants.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Uttar Pradesh government moved quickly as well, announcing a 21 percent interim wage increase on Tuesday, effective retroactively from April 1.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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If the late-night ecosystem were healthy, that appearance probably would have been announcing Johnson as the new Daily Show host, taking over for a permanent host who would be moving up to The Late Show.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Of the only 14 examples of the Ferrari 250 GT Boano Alloy Coupe, the one crossing the auction block is perhaps the best in existence, with a racing pedigree, an exhaustive restoration, matching engine and transmission numbers, and coveted Ferrari Classiche Red Book certification.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2026
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The overall project includes replacing two transmission lines.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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That agreement, a 10-day pause between Israel and Lebanon, is part of a broader attempt to stop the conflict from spreading further.—
Sohel Uddin,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Violence remains unpredictable and is increasingly spreading beyond the capital.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Broadcasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadcasting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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