propagate

Example Sentences

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"One such device is a 'microwave circulator' that only allows microwave radio signals to propagate in one direction," Hoffmann explained.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 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

But the method required splicing DNA of different organisms and using bacteria to propagate samples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The saplings just now poking their needles into the sunlight, and hundreds more that we would only be able to be seen on our hands and knees, will grow and propagate, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

In that new environment, a microbe must evolve new ways to live and to propagate itself.

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