propagate
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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
A former member of the jihadist group told reporters in 2019 that they were originally funded by a military intelligence unit to propagate a fundamentalist ideology in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic eastern province.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The team anticipates this discovery will spark further investigations into how these waves propagate and dissipate energy in the corona.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
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
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Recent publications by the Hannezo group suggest that cell communication propagates in waves -- an interplay between biochemical signals, physical behavior, and motion.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
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
It’s one of many factors the researchers had to consider in their acoustic modeling, along with wind speed, temperature and time of year, which can all affect how sound propagates through the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2024
It propagates a worldview in which we are disinterested not only in learning but one another.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023
When it conserves and propagates the good it is to be commended; but the worthless and the bad are often imitated also.
From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph
Lee’s standout identity plays — “Straight White Men,” “The Shipment” and “Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven” — reject the illusion of stable, coherent characters propagated by psychological realism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
There is a steep learning curve, but teams of robots can learn collaboratively, with each lesson propagated through the fleet.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
The Atlantic Charter of 1941, signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, reaffirmed faith in the dignity of each human being and propagated a host of democratic principles.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Also, the wild agave plant is very good at propagating itself.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Both countries poured billions of dollars into propagating their respective versions of Islamic orthodoxy around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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
"The issue is slowly propagating from small headwaters into bigger rivers over time," he said.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
I wasn’t sure how my dad would react to me propagating the rumor, but he just shook his head, looking all dazed and confused.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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