perpetuates

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

"States rights to do what? The reason for the Civil War was slavery," he said, adding that it perpetuates the idea that the South was a "noble victim", and that slavery wasn't so terrible.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

“I do love being at home because a lot of times that’s what perpetuates it, the home crowd, the energy,” said Roberts.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

The Sound of Music fuses fiction and nonfiction, perpetuates myths, and shapes viewers’ sense of the past for better or worse, giving us beloved scenes and songs in the process.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 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