as in to propagate
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
activists sent by the organization to disseminate their views
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Recent Examples of disseminate
Critics of the law warn that a site operator could sell the ID information, which could also be obtained by hackers and disseminated.
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Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
With the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad as well as the increase of bombing raids on their cities in 1943, the British government believed that the time was ripe to disseminate propaganda as part of a wider effort to encourage Germans to end the war.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
In those cases, if someone goes into remission, disseminated cancer cells (DCCs)—which have broken away from a primary tumor and spread to distant organs—can remain dormant in the body for years or even decades before metastatic relapse.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
The assault was widely viewed online in footage livestreamed Saturday and disseminated across social media.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
With the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad as well as the increase of bombing raids on their cities in 1943, the British government believed that the time was ripe to disseminate propaganda as part of a wider effort to encourage Germans to end the war.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
In those cases, if someone goes into remission, disseminated cancer cells (DCCs)—which have broken away from a primary tumor and spread to distant organs—can remain dormant in the body for years or even decades before metastatic relapse.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
The assault was widely viewed online in footage livestreamed Saturday and disseminated across social media.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disseminate
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The idea propagated by Saturday Night Live skits and sitcom one-liners that Lilith Fair was a misandrist showcase for joyless, hormonal angst was totally alien to accounts of what being there actually felt like.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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Plants can be divided every four years to maintain plant health, reduce clump size, and propagate new plants.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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Twenty years later, Iraq War veteran Aaron Hughes continues spreading his realization that soldiers can better champion American ideals by following their conscience over orders.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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About 25% of female breast cancer cases were found at the regional stage, meaning the cancer had spread to nearby lymph nodes, tissues, or organs, and 6% were found at a distant stage, meaning the cancer had spread to distant parts of the body, CDC data shows.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 2025
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This presents a huge challenge to the body to circulate blood in the veins all the way back up to the heart with a pressure barely above zero.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of the latest shutdown deadline, OMB circulated guidance telling agencies to submit workforce reduction strategies, a move unions and legal experts warn is a blueprint for mass layoffs during a funding lapse.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Disseminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disseminate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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