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propagating

ADJECTIVE

fecund

Synonyms

WEAK

breeding fertile fructiferous fruitful generating pregnant proliferant prolific reproducing rich spawning teeming

Antonyms

WEAK

impotent infertile sterile unfruitful unproductive

ADJECTIVE

fruitful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advantageous beneficial conducive effective profitable rewarding successful useful worthwhile

WEAK

abounding abundant blooming blossoming breeding childbearing childing copious fecund fertile flourishing flush fructiferous gainful plenteous plentiful profuse proliferant prolific reproducing rich spawning well-spent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantageous unfavorable unhelpful unprofitable useless worthless

WEAK

barren impotent sterile unfruitful unproductive

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Helen Litchfield, secretary of the botany section at La Société Guernesiaise, said the team's efforts in propagating the dwarf pansy meant it was no longer at risk.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 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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