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perpetuate

[per-pech-oo-eyt] / pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt /


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He has advocated for removing homeless people from the streets, including with involuntary, temporary psychiatric holds, and said the city should “not perpetuate and indulge their addiction.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

AI images perpetuate "misinformation", for example that people with albinism have red eyes, she said.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

AI applications pose unaddressed privacy risks and perpetuate healthcare bias when patients upload medical data to chatbots, potentially exposing personal information to insurance decisions while reflecting cultural disparities embedded in training data.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

“If this data has been absconded or downloaded, you could perpetuate fraud against every single government system in existence much more easily than at any time in our history.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 4, 2026

My dad liked to believe I was as popular and adventuresome as he was at my age—a myth it had always seemed easiest to perpetuate.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

"If you don't address injustices, historic or otherwise, that in itself creates and perpetuates division," he says.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Advocates and researchers say this practice perpetuates negative stereotypes and harms the lives and business of real people.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

“It perpetuates the problem. It creates a false equality, by eliminating any opportunity to excel.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

“This actually perpetuates the stereotype that downtown is dirty, filthy, unsafe,” Sebastián said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

It perpetuates the myth that the primary function of the system is to keep our streets safe and our homes secure by rooting out dangerous criminals and punishing them.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

A well-meaning attempt to mitigate suffering by collective effort instead perpetuated it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

There is a bizarre universe built around the prestige and untouchability of the court that is first and foremost perpetuated by the people on the court.

From Slate May 13, 2026

“At the time,” Nacua posted on Instagram, “I had no idea this act was antisemitic in nature and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against Jewish people.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2025

There has been a perpetuated narrative that Postecoglou's position depended solely on success in the Europa League.

From BBC May 21, 2025

I wanted to continue to be a beacon of light for the Muslim community, challenging the negative stereotypes being perpetuated in the media.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"Platforms and products disproportionately fail us in basic safety, data privacy, transparency, and accuracy -- including perpetuating factually incorrect information about our lives."

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

People also need to be more willing to discuss race and have "hard conversations" with those perpetuating "deeply problematic" rhetoric as people do not fear any social repercussions, Strong added.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

The cases are using a similar script to past ones accusing pharmaceutical companies of perpetuating the opioid epidemic or tobacco companies of failing to warn about harm from cigarettes, cases that led to multibillion-dollar settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

Jane Doe 5 also seeks legal action against Frances Robinson, whom she accuses of perpetuating “a hostile work environment.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

So I decided to stay at Wilson and devote my energy to teaching literature, rather than perpetuating petty rivalries.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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