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perpetuate

[per-pech-oo-eyt] / pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt /


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AI images perpetuate "misinformation", for example that people with albinism have red eyes, she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Springsteen takes up the story and adds a moment where a man seeking what he believes is retribution against his friends decides to take another path instead and not perpetuate the cycle of violence.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 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

It suggests something more uncomfortable: that how protests are conducted determines whether they clarify and ameliorate injustice or obscure and perpetuate it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

“I will perpetuate the fiction for our friend Fyrian.‘The path to Truth is in the dreaming heart,’ the Poet tells us.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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