as in propagating
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 disseminating
The mix seemed appropriate to higher education, which, after all, dedicates itself both to the very traditional act of conserving knowledge and to producing and disseminating fresh discoveries.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
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
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
Printmaking and protest Printmaking was one early means of disseminating dissent, said Allison Rudnick, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
No one thought to use it for disseminating knowledge.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite the multiple warnings, disseminating them — particularly in the middle of the night — proved to be a major challenge.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
But the frequency with which these scams are occurring — spurred by the ease of making and disseminating AI music — suggests scammers aren’t exactly deterred by paltry royalty payouts.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Some opponents of the program have expressed concern about data privacy, fearing that the program was obtaining and disseminating identifiable or private information.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 18 Mar. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
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
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
Printmaking and protest Printmaking was one early means of disseminating dissent, said Allison Rudnick, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
No one thought to use it for disseminating knowledge.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite the multiple warnings, disseminating them — particularly in the middle of the night — proved to be a major challenge.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
But the frequency with which these scams are occurring — spurred by the ease of making and disseminating AI music — suggests scammers aren’t exactly deterred by paltry royalty payouts.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Some opponents of the program have expressed concern about data privacy, fearing that the program was obtaining and disseminating identifiable or private information.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disseminating
Verb
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Avoid propagating plants that are actively flowering.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 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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Borenstein celebrated the development on Instagram, posting a clip of his interview with the BBC about the update and thanking a Lufthansa rep for their help and followers for spreading the word.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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One idea the team floats is that zinc and manganese are limited resources, so scorpions can only reinforce the most critical parts of the stingers instead of spreading the metals across their entire exoskeleton.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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In a new book, Geoff Kelly traces how the artworks moved through criminal networks, where violence took the lives of key suspects and witnesses, and challenges long-circulating theories by revisiting key details.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The investigation began on Thursday after a clip of audio featuring Ciara Miller, Westling Wilson and Amanda Batula ended up circulating on social media, amid Wilson and Batula’s recent romance.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The fourteenth element is also very poor at transmitting light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Instead of mining and transporting coal to the surface – a costly and complex process – the system could convert coal into electricity in situ, transmitting only power upward.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Disseminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disseminating. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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