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disseminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of disseminate

as in propagates

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 disseminates Irrespective of how the threat is made, the agency's Protective Intelligence division examines and disseminates general threat intelligence to the entire agency. — Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Much of that money has been routed through a nonprofit judicial advocacy group Leo founded — now called The 85 Fund — which both receives and disseminates Leo’s funding. — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 7 Apr. 2026 Federal privacy laws require such documents before a federal agency collects or disseminates personal, identifiable information about the public for a new purpose. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026 The virus disseminates from a person’s vomit and stool, spraying into the air or landing on nearby surfaces. — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025 The spores can also be present in soil, which, if disturbed, disseminates the spores into the air. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025

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But, especially when an impactor is big, most of it propagates into the mantle below.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
Elbanna explained that an earthquake that propagates through the Cajon Pass could result in more damage than one that stops.

— Velvet Wu July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

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While the exact cause or specific origin of this year’s outbreak is still under investigation, the parasite spreads when people eat food or drink water contaminated with feces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
In a place like New York City, Legionella really spreads through the mist or the vapor that’s generated by cooling towers that are often found on the top of large buildings.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2026

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The pool is designed with ports to connect a chiller—the special refrigeration unit some people use that continuously circulates and filters the water to keep it cold without the need for ice.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
Fox does not disclose tournament ad revenue, and spot pricing circulates only as unattributed estimates.

— Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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