as in to propagate
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
activists sent by the organization to disseminate their views
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Recent Examples of disseminate
Within months of the April opening, the bit had been disseminated widely enough that Redditors and Facebook members were strategizing about how to land the dance for themselves.
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Alexandra Starr, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
No one thought to use it for disseminating knowledge.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite the multiple warnings, disseminating them — particularly in the middle of the night — proved to be a major challenge.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
But the frequency with which these scams are occurring — spurred by the ease of making and disseminating AI music — suggests scammers aren’t exactly deterred by paltry royalty payouts.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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Alexandra Starr, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
No one thought to use it for disseminating knowledge.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite the multiple warnings, disseminating them — particularly in the middle of the night — proved to be a major challenge.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
But the frequency with which these scams are occurring — spurred by the ease of making and disseminating AI music — suggests scammers aren’t exactly deterred by paltry royalty payouts.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disseminate
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But when a powerful capability spreads widely, mistakes propagate further and misuse gets cheaper.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Because this month’s layoffs are not confined to tech and spread across airlines, logistics, food production, healthcare, and more, the overall job market may be entering a recalibration period due to cost pressures and the rise of artificial intelligence.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Starting Wednesday, videos and posters will be plastered in subways and public spaces, spreading awareness about the negative components of what can be a disturbing encounter.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Town halls across O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island, and Maui shaped the project, as did time spent at Native Books, a space where knowledge circulates through gathering and love.—
Wassan Al-Khudhairi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, after a long-term infection, the virus is able to re-emerge and begin to circulate again, as seems to have happened in this case.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Disseminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disseminate. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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