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propagate

[prop-uh-geyt] / ˈprɒp əˌgeɪt /




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Any talk of changing the rules, salary cap or otherwise, to put reins on this kind of success would propagate underperformance and penalize this fascinating culture of constant improvement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

"Why do solar storms propagate in this way? What are their structures, and can we develop models that allow us to predict them?" asked Carole Mundell, the ESA's director of science.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

"It becomes an extremely focused, extremely weak surface, which makes it easier for ruptures to propagate all the way to the seafloor."

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

But energy costs don’t stay contained; they propagate because they are a key input for many goods and services.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

It is more seemly to regard it as the last message to his fellow- creatures of a man who laboured with all his strength to propagate the noble truth - Love is of God.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Over generations, the trait propagates through the population until what was once a rare mutation becomes commonplace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

At large scales, radio data reveal that the jet forms a helical pattern as it propagates through the galaxy.

From Science Daily Jan. 19, 2026

“Tár” takes place inside that vacuum, where the conductor propagates this great myth to maintain her control.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

Now a nonprofit, the group propagates and distributes about 10,000 native saplings annually from wild-collected seed, mostly to other nonprofits and ecological restoration efforts.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2024

For he who sins against his country outrages every law human and divine; he disgraces the mother who bore him and the children he propagates.

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann

Lee’s standout identity plays — “Straight White Men,” “The Shipment” and “Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven” — reject the illusion of stable, coherent characters propagated by psychological realism.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

In contrast, the Wrightwood earthquake of 1812 crossed the junction and propagated through both fault systems as a single event.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

The sphagnum austinii has been brought from Scotland, where it still grows, to the Yorkshire Dales and is being propagated in local nurseries before it is planted within the blanket bogs.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

That is the sort of narrative that’s being propagated online in large measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

The problems of simultaneity do not apply to sound as they do to light because sound is propagated through some material medium, usually air.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Also, the wild agave plant is very good at propagating itself.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Both countries poured billions of dollars into propagating their respective versions of Islamic orthodoxy around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

"A survival strategy starts with finding clean cuttings in the wild before myrtle rust attacks them and propagating them to grow at safe sites," he said.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2026

Correlations across asset classes could rise abruptly, propagating the initial stress like a wave across segments of the financial system seemingly uncorrelated.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

Left untended, other cereals are capable of propagating themselves.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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