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proliferation

[pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn] / prəˌlɪf əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
increase
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The proliferation of tech gadgets, which have ushered in a North Korean digital economy, relies heavily on Chinese components.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

All of this makes fighting the proliferation of shadow fleet ships a game of whack-a-mole.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But proliferation assumes a state or non-state actor trying to acquire weapons covertly.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

"The trend of 'real story fakes' has been growing thanks to the proliferation of easy to use AI tools for image and video synthesis," Walter Scheirer of the University of Notre Dame told AFP.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

At first Aureliano Segundo did not notice the alarming proportions of the proliferation.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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