propagation

Example Sentences

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“Why should I support the propagation of error?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

"Likewise bits of high ground are better for radio wave propagation, better for co-ordination of drones."

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

But someone in L.A. could have felt the “S” wave, in which bedrock oscillates perpendicular to the direction of the propagation of the wave, according to Page.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

The more reliably mechanized the antagonist, the easier it is to imagine propagation, and the more convincing the science fiction world-building.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

This one battle to patent radioactive salt threatened to extinguish all this goodwill, slowing down the propagation of the cyclotron if not halting it altogether.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik