spread
Example Sentences
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The policy spread to other factories, and is common at auto plants around the country to this day.
Kimberly-Clark’s chief executive aims to spread its approach to developing diapers across the company and bets he can add features while keeping down prices.
This is one of the highest risk activities for spreading infection.
From BBC
Sucking all the oil available to Asia is one way in which the global market solves the immediate problem, but it also spreads the pain around the world.
Its size and spread gives Fink - who is one of the eight co-founders of the business, which started in 1988 - a unique insight into the health of the global economy.
From BBC
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