perpetuate
Example Sentences
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Synchronous to the debates around heroic police characters in TV and movies that “Bad Boys” contributes to perpetuating are critiques concerning the commodification of Black pain.
From Salon
The U.S. has also hit some domestic-security agencies, including the Tehran headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, the powerful group responsible for defending and perpetuating the regime.
A solid labor market “perpetuates consumer spending, but it can work in reverse, too,” he cautioned.
From MarketWatch
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
Nineteenth-century news media perpetuated the belief that young women were passive, incapable of deep thought or deep deception.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
