propagate
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Any pullback in stock markets has major negative wealth effects, and because the U.S. is pretty much two thirds of the world’s stock market capitalization a “U.S.-led repricing could propagate globally.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
"One such device is a 'microwave circulator' that only allows microwave radio signals to propagate in one direction," Hoffmann explained.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 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
But the method required splicing DNA of different organisms and using bacteria to propagate samples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
“About three hundred years ago, some Rusty figured a way to engineer the species to adapt to wider conditions. She messed with the genes to make them propagate more easily.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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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
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
That is, he propagates the plant "by division."
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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
The sphagnum austinii has been brought from Scotland, where it still grows, to the Yorkshire Dales and is being propagated in local nurseries before it is planted within the blanket bogs.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
To get around this awkwardness, Winthrop et al. propagated the notion—formalized in the colony’s 1629 seal—that the Native Americans needed the new settlers for their own good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
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 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
“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
"A survival strategy starts with finding clean cuttings in the wild before myrtle rust attacks them and propagating them to grow at safe sites," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 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
Left untended, other cereals are capable of propagating themselves.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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