disseminating

verb

present participle of disseminate
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 Internally at the studios, copyright divisions spend their energy targeting larger criminal operations enabling these digital pirates — the hives sharing and disseminating premium content. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Wheeler says teams should support their internal experts in publishing and disseminating their unique perspectives. — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The show's founder and presenter Mehdi Ahmadi said he was charged with disseminating false information and questioned on Sunday and Monday. — August 18, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 No billion-dollar corporation changes or eliminates its operating policies without disseminating the replacement policy first. — Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026 Jackie is fighting staff Friends of Big Bear Valley's Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam (FOBBV), in a July 21 email to USA TODAY, said the rescue is unable to take calls or emails and is only disseminating information on Jackie through social media. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Henrietta also had a particular fondness for befriending young women, and disseminating scientific works and sharing knowledge with them. — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026 Broadsides – sheets of paper containing lyrics to be sung to familiar, traditional melodies – were a common medium for disseminating songs. — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Last month, Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian found that the ads violated California’s false advertising law by disseminating public statements about the disposal of property — specifically vehicle donations — that were misleading by omission. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disseminating
  1. propagating
  2. spreading
  3. circulating
  4. transmitting
Verb
  • Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • The bumper is designed to break up any incoming debris particles, spreading the impact energy over a larger area of the wall.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The attack can also hit both Android and iOS WeChat accounts, spreading itself through phone calls on the app.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of spreading
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  • Reducing the amount of personal information circulating online may help limit some unwanted outreach.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But many of the videos that were circulating widely after the floods were being actively deleted, according to Bandurski.
    — Jennifer Pak, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of circulating
Verb
  • Under a contract with Idaho Power, Meta will pay to buy all of the electricity produced by the three new solar plants, plus a share of the systemwide costs of transmitting power to the data center, Berg said in July.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Clearly, the impacts of the AI investment surge are spilling beyond the tech sector itself, gradually transmitting into corporate bond issuance, long-term interest rates, and the broader debate surrounding US monetary policy.
    — , CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of transmitting

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