proliferate
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Change has become the norm, black swans proliferate like starlings, and the ability to navigate through the flux makes the difference between outsize success and obsolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
As tools developed by Anthropic and OpenAI proliferate, fears grow that all sorts of business services and software companies will be displaced.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
"Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Economists expect more turbulence and friction in the global economy as these economic weapons proliferate, piling costs onto consumers and businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
That’s why settlements, and by inference tribes, began to proliferate in the Fertile Crescent at that time, when climate changes and improved technology combined to permit abundant harvests of wild cereals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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