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proliferate

[pruh-lif-uh-reyt] / prəˈlɪf əˌreɪt /


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"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 BBC • Apr. 17, 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,” the company said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Wider, diverse sets of genres make films like these all the more appealing to audiences, and in turn, proliferate the public discussion and dissection of these movies as time goes on.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

This is the paradox of dancing in the age of short-form video: Even as slick choreographed routines proliferate on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube, spawning mimics and viral trends, more concertgoers are standing still.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

That’s why settlements, and by inference tribes, began to proliferate in the Fertile Crescent at that time, when climate changes and improved technology combined to permit abundant harvests of wild cereals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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