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

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

Since palms are one type of plant that really can’t propagate in freezing temperatures, Reichgelt wanted to know just how far north they might spread.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

What we do with our world in this time will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully determine the destiny of our descendants and their fate, if any, among the stars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan