DISSEMINATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

dissemination

noun

Definition of dissemination

as in diffusion

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as in distribution

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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

This change comes as public market returns, driven by megacap tech, have eroded PE's historical performance edge, and investor distributions have stagnated.

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
When aesthetics translate directly to viral content, physical retail benefits from the same distribution engine as e-commerce, and stores designed for the camera end up winning the foot traffic too.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 27 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

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

Fauci maintained in that entry that the virus originated from animal-to-human transmission.

— Sony Salzman, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Even for the subset of 123 individuals with no direct contact with the market, the same pattern emerged, strongly suggesting community transmission of the coronavirus began at or near the market.

— Rachel Carlson, NPR, 29 July 2026

Definition of transmission

Noun

The plan includes the elimination of tunnels, arms stockpiles and weapons production facilities, the diplomat said, adding that by the end of the process there would be no remaining militant infrastructure in Gaza.

— Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
The non-profit theater, which already runs on tight margins, creates immersive hands-on productions designed for young people and their families.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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