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as in to reproduce
to bring forth offspring the dams along the river are interfering with the salmon's ability to propagate

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Recent Examples of propagate Pollen Pollen is a powdery substance made of tiny grains that plants release to propagate. Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025 Project 2025, the Republican party's policy vision propagated by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation, pledged to go even further, and finally fulfill the dream of eliminating the Department of Education. Austin Steelman / Made By History, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025 This confirmed that the energy released by the solar flare propagated through the different layers of the sun's atmosphere, according to a paper describing the observations, which was published Feb. 28 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025 By tracking how sound waves propagated on the surface of the dactyl club, the researchers could determine which regions of the club diffused the most waves. Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for propagate
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  • This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Of those, 15 were meant to reproduce extinct dire wolf gene variants.
    Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Serving as communications director for colleges sharpened her skills at disseminating information to the public.
    Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2025
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  • The best employees will be those who master this skill, significantly multiplying their productivity.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • And while guests are asked to give just one hour of their time, Fiji is betting on the collective power of that time, multiplied by the million visitors to its shores.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Shapiro, a Democrat, said Pennsylvania State Police woke him and his family at 2 a.m. to evacuate them as the fire spread.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Ultimately, a total of 59 bodies were shipped home for burial, while another 150 were buried in Halifax, spread among three cemeteries.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Propagate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propagate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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