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proliferate

[pruh-lif-uh-reyt] / prəˈlɪf əˌreɪt /


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There have also been concerns that bad actors have also seized on the restrictions placed on Iranian imagery to proliferate fakes online.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“Many of our partners had been asking us to work on this feature for years,” Loike said, noting that flash floods can proliferate “often within minutes” of intense rainfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Warfare is changing as low-cost drones proliferate on the battlefield—meaning the U.S. must adapt to the new threat.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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