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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
Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.
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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
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
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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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The chatbot listed several possible causes, but focussed on cyclospora, a parasite that multiplies in fresh produce and generally needs about a week to mature.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Greed taxes wisdom, while generosity multiplies it.—
Yasir Hashmi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The raw sewage rises to the surface, adding to the unbearable stink, which spreads and worsens with every passing day.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Big Red love spreads all across the Lone Star State, but there’s no city that embraces this sweet and slightly peculiar soda quite like San Antonio.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Propagates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagates. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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