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perpetuate

[per-pech-oo-eyt] / pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt /


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“The chatbot’s tendency to perpetuate health misinformation and associated stigma regarding self-managed medication abortions poses a threat to public health and reproductive autonomy,” the researchers wrote.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

“We still expect to see warming due to El Niño begin sometime in later summer or fall, which will perpetuate these conditions, and likely expand the warmer-than-normal region further up the coast,” Leising said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“What they have sought to do is perpetuate his time in jail,” said his sister, Ignell Marín, sitting in the living room of her Caracas apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

“If this data has been absconded or downloaded, you could perpetuate fraud against every single government system in existence much more easily than at any time in our history.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 4, 2026

“No, perpetuate means to keep something going!' Like I am perpetuating your stupidity, Adina thought. “

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Advocates and researchers say this practice perpetuates negative stereotypes and harms the lives and business of real people.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

It arguably perpetuates the avian love story that Friends of Big Bear Valley describes in its own posts.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2026

More often than not, punishing people with addiction and applying a one-size-fits-all approach to care perpetuates a patient’s sense of isolation.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2025

“It perpetuates the problem. It creates a false equality, by eliminating any opportunity to excel.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

It perpetuates the myth that the primary function of the system is to keep our streets safe and our homes secure by rooting out dangerous criminals and punishing them.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

In 2024 then–Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified one of the main culprits: “A ‘culture of comparison’—often perpetuated online—around milestones, parenting and achievements, ‘has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind.’

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Being adopted by a white family, only to be shunned by the Native community, perpetuated his lifelong feeling of being an outsider.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The Church Committee stopped short of concluding that Cointelpro deliberately perpetuated extremism, but its report made clear that blurring the line between monitoring and participation might have encouraged informants to keep the activity going.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Siddiq said a meeting "might also help clear up the misunderstanding perpetuated by the Anti-Corruption Commission in Dhaka".

From BBC Jun. 12, 2025

Comrade Pillai, grateful for the misunderstanding, perpetuated it.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Established in 2020, Sarah's Trust was "dedicated to supporting frontline, grassroots work to address the humanitarian and environmental crisis, the hunger crisis and issues perpetuating cycles of extreme poverty", according to its website.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

"Platforms and products disproportionately fail us in basic safety, data privacy, transparency, and accuracy -- including perpetuating factually incorrect information about our lives."

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The cases are using a similar script to past ones accusing pharmaceutical companies of perpetuating the opioid epidemic or tobacco companies of failing to warn about harm from cigarettes, cases that led to multibillion-dollar settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

Jane Doe 5 also seeks legal action against Frances Robinson, whom she accuses of perpetuating “a hostile work environment.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

So I decided to stay at Wilson and devote my energy to teaching literature, rather than perpetuating petty rivalries.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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