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propagate

[prop-uh-gayt] / ˈprɒp əˌgeɪt /




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Any talk of changing the rules, salary cap or otherwise, to put reins on this kind of success would propagate underperformance and penalize this fascinating culture of constant improvement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

But energy costs don’t stay contained; they propagate because they are a key input for many goods and services.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

The consequences propagate outward—first into food systems, then into fragile states, then into migration pressures at the borders of more-resilient economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

It is more seemly to regard it as the last message to his fellow- creatures of a man who laboured with all his strength to propagate the noble truth - Love is of God.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Over generations, the trait propagates through the population until what was once a rare mutation becomes commonplace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025

"What's special about YIG is that it propagates a magnetic spin wave," says Olsson, referring to the type of wave created in magnetic materials when electrons spin in a synchronized fashion.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024

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 grows well in deep, rich, moist loam or in peaty soils, and propagates readily by layers laid down under stones.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook

Lee’s standout identity plays — “Straight White Men,” “The Shipment” and “Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven” — reject the illusion of stable, coherent characters propagated by psychological realism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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

That logic propagated from muskets to sewing machines and farm equipment, eroding craft economics and laying the groundwork for the modern assembly line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The sphagnum austinii has been brought from Scotland, where it still grows, to the Yorkshire Dales and is being propagated in local nurseries before it is planted within the blanket bogs.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 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

Both countries poured billions of dollars into propagating their respective versions of Islamic orthodoxy around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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

"The issue is slowly propagating from small headwaters into bigger rivers over time," he said.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Huygens argued that instead light behaved as if it were a wave propagating in a vacuum, as an ocean wave does in the sea—which is why we talk about the wavelength and frequency of light.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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