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as in disseminates
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
the various ways in which churches can propagate the faith
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Recent Examples of propagates
The former is a young plant company, which propagates seedlings and ships them off to be planted worldwide.
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
At the furthest edge of this vision lies a future where entire organizations operate not as hierarchies or even networks but as coherent light fields, where strategic intent propagates through resonance rather than reporting lines.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The light then passes through a vertical waveguide, which restricts the way the light propagates and creates wavelength-dependent patterns; so different wavelengths of light land on different pixels on the detector.
—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
At the furthest edge of this vision lies a future where entire organizations operate not as hierarchies or even networks but as coherent light fields, where strategic intent propagates through resonance rather than reporting lines.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The light then passes through a vertical waveguide, which restricts the way the light propagates and creates wavelength-dependent patterns; so different wavelengths of light land on different pixels on the detector.
—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for propagates
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Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And in June, Erdős and Volodymyr Riabov posted a paper that reproduces Yau and Yin’s one-dimensional result for a broader class of band matrices.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
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Each factor multiplies the options from element ratios to heat treatment and additives.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Apparently, Nevada multiplies those in attendance by pi, given an in-house estimate of about 6,000 (announced was 19,473).—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Then there's the way the virus spreads.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Celebrity guest Jonathan Groff spreads good cheer, pairing up with contestants to compete against Fallon and his teammate in a festive edition of the iconic celebrity word game.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Propagates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagates. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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