propagate

Example Sentences

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Interconnectedness can propagate and amplify losses through the financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"One such device is a 'microwave circulator' that only allows microwave radio signals to propagate in one direction," Hoffmann explained.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 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

The saplings just now poking their needles into the sunlight, and hundreds more that we would only be able to be seen on our hands and knees, will grow and propagate, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

Fears have been raised that in their enthusiasm scientists might inadvertently create a black hole or even something called "strange quarks," which could, theoretically, interact with other subatomic particles and propagate uncontrollably.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson