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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
The district has propagated, reared and released nearly 31,000 sub-adult mussels into the DuPage River, Fox River, Lake Michigan and Des Plaines River to boost declining populations, the release said.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
The peyote preserve is a conservation site where the plant is not harvested but propagated and replanted naturally in its habitat without chemicals, said Miriam Volat, executive director of the nonprofit that oversees it.
—Deepa Bharath and Jessie Wardarski, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Although plants can technically be propagated in other seasons, the best time to propagate prayer plants is in spring to early summer.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025
Trump's administration could use bitcoin mining dominance to propagate a framework that aligns with U.S. geopolitical goals.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
The peyote preserve is a conservation site where the plant is not harvested but propagated and replanted naturally in its habitat without chemicals, said Miriam Volat, executive director of the nonprofit that oversees it.
—Deepa Bharath and Jessie Wardarski, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Although plants can technically be propagated in other seasons, the best time to propagate prayer plants is in spring to early summer.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025
Trump's administration could use bitcoin mining dominance to propagate a framework that aligns with U.S. geopolitical goals.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propagate
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This was seen by more than one million people on X and was reproduced extensively on social media and legacy media outlets.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Evans reproduces an illustration from an 1816 catalog of Sheffield iron products showing nine different hoes.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Feb. 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.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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An intense focus on teaching what is one of the most technical and mentally demanding positions in pro sports was paying off, especially in the Nordic countries, where resources could be pooled and disseminated to every age group through their club team system.—
James Mirtle,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Manning, the startup’s first big investor, made more than $315 million, multiplying his original investment by about 60.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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These mutations cause healthy plasma cells to transform into abnormal cancerous cells that grow and multiply uncontrollably in bone marrow.2 While genetic changes to the DNA are what may cause multiple myeloma, abnormal chromosomes may contribute to the cancer development as well.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
14 Feb. 2025
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The search for nationhood spread far and wide, becoming a central organizing principle of the world and one of its most potent political ideologies.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Waves would eventually have spread that resulting sediment along the shore, forming a beach that'd have been strikingly familiar to us.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Propagate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagate. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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