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propagate

[prop-uh-geyt] / ˈprɒp əˌgeɪt /




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"Our approach relies on engineered metamaterials that are designed to control how waves propagate."

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Any pullback in stock markets has major negative wealth effects, and because the U.S. is pretty much two thirds of the world’s stock market capitalization a “U.S.-led repricing could propagate globally.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Interconnectedness can propagate and amplify losses through the financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

A former member of the jihadist group told reporters in 2019 that they were originally funded by a military intelligence unit to propagate a fundamentalist ideology in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic eastern province.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

What we do with our world in this time will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully determine the destiny of our descendants and their fate, if any, among the stars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“Tár” takes place inside that vacuum, where the conductor propagates this great myth to maintain her control.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

Now a nonprofit, the group propagates and distributes about 10,000 native saplings annually from wild-collected seed, mostly to other nonprofits and ecological restoration efforts.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2024

It’s one of many factors the researchers had to consider in their acoustic modeling, along with wind speed, temperature and time of year, which can all affect how sound propagates through the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2024

However, a common stumbling block has been a lack of understanding into how this spin current actually moves or propagates within the material itself.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

Man nourishes himself, grows, propagates his kind, moves about, and is endowed with sense-perception.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Saplings which have been propagated from the few surviving trees in the county are being nurtured in Terrington, near Malton, before they are planted within the next two years.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

In contrast, the Wrightwood earthquake of 1812 crossed the junction and propagated through both fault systems as a single event.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

He was influenced by Sayyid Qutb, the Sunni Egyptian theoretician of the Muslim Brotherhood who propagated the idea of an Islamic Republic.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

There is a steep learning curve, but teams of robots can learn collaboratively, with each lesson propagated through the fleet.

From Barron's Jan. 6, 2026

It propagated all the way around until it met its starting point.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Also, the wild agave plant is very good at propagating itself.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

“It seems quite obvious to me that those propagating that post are either just looking for easy engagement and/or have never worked in a serious financial institution,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Correlations across asset classes could rise abruptly, propagating the initial stress like a wave across segments of the financial system seemingly uncorrelated.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

To develop a whole-virus vaccine, researchers must first spend months isolating and propagating the virus.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2025

Left untended, other cereals are capable of propagating themselves.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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