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propagate

[prop-uh-geyt] / ˈprɒp əˌgeɪt /




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"Why do solar storms propagate in this way? What are their structures, and can we develop models that allow us to predict them?" asked Carole Mundell, the ESA's director of science.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

"It becomes an extremely focused, extremely weak surface, which makes it easier for ruptures to propagate all the way to the seafloor."

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

But energy costs don’t stay contained; they propagate because they are a key input for many goods and services.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Interconnectedness can propagate and amplify losses through the financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

It was once thought, in the days before relativity, that light did propagate through a special medium that permeated all of space, called “the luminiferous aether.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Over generations, the trait propagates through the population until what was once a rare mutation becomes commonplace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

After each sensor's complex wavefield is reconstructed, the system digitally extends the data and mathematically propagates the wavefields back to the object plane.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

“Tár” takes place inside that vacuum, where the conductor propagates this great myth to maintain her control.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

Now a nonprofit, the group propagates and distributes about 10,000 native saplings annually from wild-collected seed, mostly to other nonprofits and ecological restoration efforts.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2024

The second point suggested is, that the proper value of Christ’s life consists in this—that it propagates similar lives.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

Saplings which have been propagated from the few surviving trees in the county are being nurtured in Terrington, near Malton, before they are planted within the next two years.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

In contrast, the Wrightwood earthquake of 1812 crossed the junction and propagated through both fault systems as a single event.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

That is the sort of narrative that’s being propagated online in large measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

There’s a whole discourse that women only want to marry tall, beefy, high-testosterone, aggro men, but that discourse is largely propagated by male influencers and people trying to sell protein powder.

From Slate Jun. 15, 2025

The problems of simultaneity do not apply to sound as they do to light because sound is propagated through some material medium, usually air.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Also, the wild agave plant is very good at propagating itself.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

“It seems quite obvious to me that those propagating that post are either just looking for easy engagement and/or have never worked in a serious financial institution,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Correlations across asset classes could rise abruptly, propagating the initial stress like a wave across segments of the financial system seemingly uncorrelated.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

So he's making his lawyers waste their time propagating the narrative instead of focusing their energies solely on the goal of confusing at least one juror to render a hung jury.

From Salon May 6, 2024

George Mason University There is enough mathematical illiteracy in this country, and we don’t need the world’s highest IQ propagating more.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon




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