metastasize

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That’s manifested in a widespread selloff that has started to metastasize beyond purveyors of enterprise software offerings.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

AJ: Dr. King predicted that if America did not address the cancer of bigotry, it would metastasize and bring down the nation.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

Every man in the film is repellent, even the hunks, and as the film goes on, they metastasize into an anonymous graying horde.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

The stem cell-like state of cancer cells that do not express the androgen receptor, as well as their ability to migrate, invade and metastasize, were significantly reduced following the silencing of the SIX2 gene.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

Without those limitations, copyright law will bloat and metastasize into a claim of monopoly, or at least control, over the very architectures of our communications technology.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James