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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 garden maintains detailed records for individual plants, contributes climate-change monitoring data, shares plant material with researchers and propagates threatened species as a safeguard against extinction.
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Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
What propagates through an agent graph is not just errors.
—Pranay Ahlawat, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
African blue basil propagates readily from 4-6 inch shoot tip cuttings.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Gravitational radiation propagates outward away from the source that generates it, and propagates through spacetime.
—Big Think, 3 Apr. 2026
Separate Offshoots The aloe plant propagates itself by growing offshoots, known as pups.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
The nature of the American political system propagates scads of lawyers and poseurs who blather on endlessly, promising everything and delivering little.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
The data enters the reservoir, propagates through its complex structure, and then is connected by a set of final synapses to the output.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2025
Sound is a mechanical wave that propagates through a medium, such as a gas, liquid or solid, by causing particles to oscillate and transmit energy through the material.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
What propagates through an agent graph is not just errors.
—Pranay Ahlawat, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
African blue basil propagates readily from 4-6 inch shoot tip cuttings.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Gravitational radiation propagates outward away from the source that generates it, and propagates through spacetime.
—Big Think, 3 Apr. 2026
Separate Offshoots The aloe plant propagates itself by growing offshoots, known as pups.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
The nature of the American political system propagates scads of lawyers and poseurs who blather on endlessly, promising everything and delivering little.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
The data enters the reservoir, propagates through its complex structure, and then is connected by a set of final synapses to the output.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2025
Sound is a mechanical wave that propagates through a medium, such as a gas, liquid or solid, by causing particles to oscillate and transmit energy through the material.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for propagates
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The smart glasses come equipped with a proprietary liquid-crystal-on-silicon display that reproduces 16 million colors and offers a 51° field of view.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Once a specific constraint is imposed, the mathematical model reproduces the exact behavior of the original nonreciprocal flock.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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Irrespective of how the threat is made, the agency's Protective Intelligence division examines and disseminates general threat intelligence to the entire agency.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Much of that money has been routed through a nonprofit judicial advocacy group Leo founded — now called The 85 Fund — which both receives and disseminates Leo’s funding.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
7 Apr. 2026
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And then there are certain moments, when a particular issue multiplies the power of certain allies.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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Seek roles in the ascending 30%—organizations centered on genuine customer value, where AI multiplies human potential.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Typically, hantavirus spreads by inhaling particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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When trust declines at the top, ambiguity spreads below.—
Britton Bloch,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Propagates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagates. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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