propagate

Example Sentences

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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

But the method required splicing DNA of different organisms and using bacteria to propagate samples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The team anticipates this discovery will spark further investigations into how these waves propagate and dissipate energy in the corona.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

But instead of ogling violence to exploit its evil and nauseate the audience, Lynch calls attention to the systems that propagate it.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

And because they come from a much greater depth, they tend to propagate over much wider areas.

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