dissemination

noun

dis·sem·i·na·tion di-ˌse-mə-ˈnā-shən

: the act or process of disseminating or spreading something : the state of being disseminated

the dissemination of ideas

And thanks to the emergence of social media as the increasingly dominant mode of information dissemination, are we nearing a time when truth itself will become just another commodity to be bought and sold on the social-media markets?—

Michael Hirschorn

For centuries, translating a text signified that it was essential, worthy of preservation and dissemination.—

Aviya Kushner

Although the Hong Kong flu outbreak was associated with comparatively few deaths worldwide, the virus was highly contagious, a factor that facilitated its rapid global dissemination.—

Kara Rogers

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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale, and dissemination of bogus scholarly research. —

Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research. —

Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025 And the flip side of the relentless dissemination of his own name is his diabolical gift for modifying those of others: Crooked Hillary, Sleepy Joe, Low Energy Jeb, Little Marco. —

Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025 The debate has significant implications for how intellectual property laws would adapt to integrate advancements in AI and digital information dissemination. —

Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dissemination