propagate

Example Sentences

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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

But instead of ogling violence to exploit its evil and nauseate the audience, Lynch calls attention to the systems that propagate it.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

This warming creates stronger “wave trains” of atmospheric energy that propagate along the jet stream toward North America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

It was once thought, in the days before relativity, that light did propagate through a special medium that permeated all of space, called “the luminiferous aether.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan