disseminates

present tense third-person singular of disseminate

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Recent Examples of disseminates But the way social media disseminates words and images means that young people often share the same cultural icons and influences in ways unimaginable 50 years ago. Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disseminates
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • West Nile virus spreads through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
    Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But when strange, dangerous things begin to happen to the sleeping clientele, Penny must uncover the mystery before the nightmare spreads beyond the store.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There are still treatments available when cancer has spread to the bones, including therapeutic radiation, which circulates throughout the body and can help relieve discomfort.
    Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The basket has a chlorine dispenser that can handle 1- and 3-inch tablets to sanitize the water as the S2 circulates around the pool.
    John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Disseminates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disseminates. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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