propagates

present tense third-person singular of propagate
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as in reproduces
to bring forth offspring the dams along the river are interfering with the salmon's ability to propagate

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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. 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
Verb
  • Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Each factor multiplies the options from element ratios to heat treatment and additives.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • In particular, fire blight readily spreads from hawthorns to neighboring apples, as well as pear trees, and causes these trees to drop their blossoms, stop fruiting, display wilted stems and leaves, and develop other problems.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Options strategy With an IV Rank of 47%, options prices are moderately elevated, making debit vertical spreads an efficient way to capture upside exposure.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Propagates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagates. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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