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as in to disseminate
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 propagate
Western civilization will thrive and propagate itself across the cosmos.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Banana plants propagate vegetatively by offsets that grow up from their base with masses of leaves.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 July 2025
Google's Veo 3 videos have propagated across the Internet since the model's debut in May, blurring the line between truth and fiction.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
But the downside is that any misconfiguration—an open security group, an overprivileged IAM role or an unencrypted storage bucket—can propagate across environments automatically.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Banana plants propagate vegetatively by offsets that grow up from their base with masses of leaves.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 July 2025
Google's Veo 3 videos have propagated across the Internet since the model's debut in May, blurring the line between truth and fiction.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
But the downside is that any misconfiguration—an open security group, an overprivileged IAM role or an unencrypted storage bucket—can propagate across environments automatically.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propagate
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Lowell’s lectures, reproduced in The Atlantic Monthly and in book form, began to sell the public on the idea, and, as American popular culture started to become more unified, Mars—and Martians—became a meme, popping up everywhere from advertisements to vaudeville.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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In terms of humans actually reproducing in space, however, scientists may just be scratching the surface as studies of pregnancy in space are limited to animals — and also potentially more limited to men, as fewer women have traveled to space.—
Jessica Rendall,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
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Plus, while a bipartisan House group reviews and approves materials, the rules on franking allow representatives to disseminate political critiques and messages that can sometimes appear like campaign ads.—
Brittany Carloni,
IndyStar,
11 Aug. 2025
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
22 Aug. 2025
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Consumers have complained that stores feel less distinctive, private labels have multiplied to the point of confusion, and online shopping options lag those of competitors.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Things can get worse when the tumors spread inside the body like to the lungs, liver, kidneys and lymph nodes.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is happening in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Propagate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagate. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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