PROPAGATED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

propagated

verb

past tense of propagate

as in reproduced

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

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as in disseminated

to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people the various ways in which churches can propagate the faith

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Recent Examples of propagated View this post on Instagram Because of the news of her divorce, the post trickled through the celebrity gossip outlets, and that coverage in turn propagated the post through Google search. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 Cultivation The plant grows naturally on riverbeds, grasslands, and human-disturbed areas; it can be propagated from both seeds and stem cuttings. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 Propagating ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia is patent-protected and cannot be propagated. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026 Begonias can be propagated via leaf cuttings by making cuttings in the leaf veins and placing leaves on a soilless mix. — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026 Stone was the consummate anti-Boomer Boomer, his best work existing in opposition to the official stories propagated by a top-down media infoscape. — Darren Franich, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The group is best known for a sustained series of supply-chain attacks that laced open source software with malware that self-propagated from one package to another. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Social-media commentators have propagated conspiracy theories about the case, including a theory that Pat himself committed the killings. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 How to Grow Hibiscus From Seeds Both tropical and hardy hibiscus varieties can be propagated by seed. — Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026

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The company reproduced them on playing cards, business cards.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The mounting holes, locating slots, and curved bodies reproduced clearly, although visible layer lines and some surface unevenness made these less polished than my fine-detail test prints.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of reproduced

Verb

Additionally, when other news and media outlets republish our pieces via the Creative Commons license, our work gets disseminated widely.

— Katrina Stack, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Busch died in May from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis, according to the former NASCAR star’s death certificate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disseminated

Verb

The official said that Rubio had grown increasingly frustrated as the reports multiplied.

— Matthew Lee, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Cameras multiplied the audience onto the massive display, effectively making it all about the fans before dropping them into increasingly dark and elaborate worlds.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of multiplied

Verb

Thatâ€™s $280 billion from firms like Singaporeâ€™s Bitdeer, Australiaâ€™s Graphinex, Belgiumâ€™s UCB, South Koreaâ€™s Korea Zinc, and Japanâ€™s Isuzu Motors, spread across more than 345 projects.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The company’s new Aura software measures hive health, pollen counts, and pesticide prevalence across its 2,200 hives spread around more than 70 cities.

— Drew Robb, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

Such seeming futility has bred disillusionment among some of the student body.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of bred

Verb

From here, heated water is circulated to fan coil units (FCUs) to circulate warm air throughout the poultry house.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
But some immigration advocates feel the reforms did not go far enough and have not been circulated widely.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026

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