propagate
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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
The saplings just now poking their needles into the sunlight, and hundreds more that we would only be able to be seen on our hands and knees, will grow and propagate, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
Since palms are one type of plant that really can’t propagate in freezing temperatures, Reichgelt wanted to know just how far north they might spread.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025
And because they come from a much greater depth, they tend to propagate over much wider areas.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing propagate
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