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proliferate

[pruh-lif-uh-reyt] / prəˈlɪf əˌreɪt /


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Defense applications in space will also proliferate in the coming years.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

If predictions turn out to be true, in a few years agents will proliferate to the point where they outnumber people on enterprise networks.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

There’s been general concern about whether traditional software vendors will be able to hold their ground as artificial-intelligence tools proliferate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

There have also been concerns that bad actors have also seized on the restrictions placed on Iranian imagery to proliferate fakes online.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Figures of auxesis and repetition—often pulling together words or themes from earlier in the speech—commonly proliferate in the peroration, and many orators will crank it up a little in the direction of the grand style.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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