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proliferation

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


NOUN
increase
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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

Manu Narayan, GitLab’s CIO, said the software-development tool maker’s existing governance and guardrails are “holding the line” in preventing too much AI agent proliferation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Army is still training as many snipers and has updated their course to address the proliferation of drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This proliferation of corn and other crops such as beans, squash, and potatoes required vast networks of cultural and commercial exchange among the peoples of North, Central, and South America.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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