propagation
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By contrast, the American propagation of individual rights and democracy has, from the beginning, supplemented and occasionally replaced such considerations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
"Spatially variable birefringence, that is, the difference in the propagation of different polarizations of light, acts like a synthetic magnetic field," explains Dr. Piotr Kapuściński of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
With a large area of marshes and rice fields, the Guadalquivir Valley has an eco-system that encourages the propagation of mosquitoes.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024
But someone in L.A. could have felt the “S” wave, in which bedrock oscillates perpendicular to the direction of the propagation of the wave, according to Page.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
Recall that apples were historically among the most difficult fruit trees to cultivate and among the last major ones to be domesticated in Eurasia, because their propagation requires the difficult technique of grafting.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing propagation
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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A Brief History of Time
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