DISSEMINATES Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

disseminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of disseminate

as in propagates

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 disseminates But the way social media disseminates words and images means that young people often share the same cultural icons and influences in ways unimaginable 50 years ago. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026 Irrespective of how the threat is made, the agency's Protective Intelligence division examines and disseminates general threat intelligence to the entire agency. — Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Much of that money has been routed through a nonprofit judicial advocacy group Leo founded — now called The 85 Fund — which both receives and disseminates Leo’s funding. — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 7 Apr. 2026 Federal privacy laws require such documents before a federal agency collects or disseminates personal, identifiable information about the public for a new purpose. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026 The virus disseminates from a person’s vomit and stool, spraying into the air or landing on nearby surfaces. — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025 The spores can also be present in soil, which, if disturbed, disseminates the spores into the air. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025

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But, especially when an impactor is big, most of it propagates into the mantle below.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
Elbanna explained that an earthquake that propagates through the Cajon Pass could result in more damage than one that stops.

— Velvet Wu July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

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How to avoid, treat cyclosporiasis Cyclospora spreads through water and food that are contaminated with human feces, so the best way to prevent cyclosporiasis is to avoid consuming things that could be contaminated with feces, according to the CDC.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 30 July 2026
No preset amount works for everyone, because body size and how a product spreads both vary.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

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