DISSEMINATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

dissemination

noun

Definition of dissemination

as in diffusion

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Recent Examples of dissemination He was charged with five felony counts of eavesdropping, 23 misdemeanor counts of secretly filming another person and three misdemeanor counts of unlawful dissemination of private recordings. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 24 June 2026 The state said those restrictions previously barred publication or dissemination of the transcript, even though attorneys for the parties and Crosby’s counsel were permitted to review the material. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2026 Thus was born a creepypasta—a term that does not mean a plate of squid-ink farfalle but, rather, a freaky urban legend, built for online dissemination. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 Payton, for more than two decades, has masterfully blended an ability to sequence plays and keep the game’s big picture in mind, but the coach himself has said there are times when his dissemination of the play calls has slowed. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dissemination

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Noun

Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
In fact, that diffusion is precisely what makes the opportunity easy to overlook and costly to ignore.

— Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of diffusion

Noun

As Will County farmland gives way to warehouses, distribution centers and data centers, conservationists say the landscape around Midewin is changing rapidly.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Jim Orr, president of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal, which put out both The Odyssey and Oppenheimer, agrees that the British auteur is singularly responsible for keeping the turnstiles spinning.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of distribution

Noun

Researchers, educators, and policymakers questioned whether broadcasting encouraged juvenile delinquency, weakened family relationships, and gave governments and media organizations unprecedented influence over public opinion.

— Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Similarly Derek Rae, a broadcasting stalwart who has been at every World Cup since 1990 in some capacity.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of broadcasting

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Because most of the clouds are in the southern part of the storm, the low-level circulation has been persistently exposed in weather satellite imagery.

— Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
That surface circulation, or the part of Bertha closest to the ground, is what is expected to cross Louisiana on Wednesday.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of circulation

Noun

Take cuttings for propagation by removing 4- to 6-inch-long stems and removing the lowers leaves.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 July 2026
Antonio Sanchez, a longtime native plant nursery manager, will lead a free class on native plant propagation, which will be held at Arlington Garden in Pasadena and hosted by Artemisia Nursery of El Sereno.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of propagation

Noun

Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Civilization transformed only after humans built the right infrastructure around it, like grids, circuits, industrial systems, safety protocols, transmission networks and operational controls.

— Naresh Prajapati, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of transmission

Noun

His physical profile, athleticism and college production have him in firm position to be a big part of Parker’s pass rush plan.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
About the new Opera Carolina season The upcoming opera season has more major productions that the company put on during its current season, which listed three main stage shows but put on two.

— Catherine Muccigrosso July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

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