propagate
Example Sentences
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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
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
Female flies that mate with the sterile male flies produce sterile eggs, “so they can’t propagate anymore,” Chin-Hong said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 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
Vocabulary lists containing propagate
Romeo and Juliet
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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