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proliferate

[pruh-lif-uh-rayt] / prəˈlɪf əˌreɪt /


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As AI applications proliferate, Goertzel raised the question: “Where do you draw the line between AI development and software development?”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The statewide effort to proliferate Flock cameras comes as backlash is mounting over the surveillance, including from some members of the Legislature, where the $1 fee was approved without opposition.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

But individual ticks are capable of carrying more than one disease simultaneously, and as their territories proliferate, healthcare professionals are warning Americans to pay attention to strange symptoms.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

This strategy is a long-term bet that domestic and international demand for gas continues to rise as energy hungry data centers proliferate and populations in Asia continue to grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Some of that message is getting through to younger generations today, as well, as the information about tax strategy proliferates.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

As AI-generated content proliferates, Taylor Swift becomes the latest celebrity to seek trademark protections for her voice and image.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

“The Murder Game” proliferates taxonomies of its own, which often overlap and can become repetitive, especially when the same material is repeated across different chapters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

“With significant near-term opportunities ahead as AEC adoption proliferates across hyperscalers and as new products ramp to production, we expect Credo to beat current consensus estimates.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

The implanted epidermis proliferates and forms a small cyst.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

With few regulations, hundreds of new private and microschools have proliferated.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The overstretched will slide into financial distress, inflicting losses on banks and on the private lenders that have proliferated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Labels and the maple leaf from the Canadian flag clearly identifying products' origins have proliferated in stores since last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

For pop, broadcast technology stimulated a thirst for new sounds and new voices that proliferated vigorously across the world.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Which raises the question: In an age of proliferating paper currencies and mounting public debts, what is money worth?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Still, the view that deteriorating housing affordability has made it more attractive for young Americans to build net worth in assets other than housing is proliferating.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Stocks and ETFs promising monthly or even weekly income are proliferating, but frequent payouts can obscure volatility and weak total returns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Cook also addressed Apple's impending public relaunch of Siri, an AI assistant that the company has seemingly struggled to make competitive in an era of proliferating AI chatbots from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Even boys’ names—which have always been scarcer than girls’—have been proliferating wildly.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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