propagate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

By directly linking viral spread to cell movement, this mechanism challenges long-standing assumptions about how infections propagate.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

Since palms are one type of plant that really can’t propagate in freezing temperatures, Reichgelt wanted to know just how far north they might spread.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 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