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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

Any pullback in stock markets has major negative wealth effects, and because the U.S. is pretty much two thirds of the world’s stock market capitalization a “U.S.-led repricing could propagate globally.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

The consequences propagate outward—first into food systems, then into fragile states, then into migration pressures at the borders of more-resilient economies.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

In that new environment, a microbe must evolve new ways to live and to propagate itself.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

After each sensor's complex wavefield is reconstructed, the system digitally extends the data and mathematically propagates the wavefields back to the object plane.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

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

It’s one of many factors the researchers had to consider in their acoustic modeling, along with wind speed, temperature and time of year, which can all affect how sound propagates through the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2024

Experience shows that it thrives and propagates best in the soil of materialism.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

The belief, which air theorists had propagated since the onset of combat planes in World War I, seemed confirmed by the results of World War II. However, the U.S.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Saplings which have been propagated from the few surviving trees in the county are being nurtured in Terrington, near Malton, before they are planted within the next two years.

From BBC Jun. 19, 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

That logic propagated from muskets to sewing machines and farm equipment, eroding craft economics and laying the groundwork for the modern assembly line.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

It propagated all the way around until it met its starting point.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

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

"The issue is slowly propagating from small headwaters into bigger rivers over time," he said.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

George Mason University There is enough mathematical illiteracy in this country, and we don’t need the world’s highest IQ propagating more.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon




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