as in to increase
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet
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Recent Examples of proliferate
No, thank goodness, though the plot clearly has roots in the Satanic panic of the '80s and '90s, when the U.S. media proliferated unsubstantiated reports of Satanic rituals and abuse.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Though Califia is an unrealized dream, sustainable architecture projects have proliferated in the years since its proposal.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
John Do, a senior attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, said that while ordinances like anti-camping and property restrictions have proliferated, this is the first that criminalizes aiding and abetting.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
So that might be one way of having his say in this.
AM: As AI proliferates throughout other sectors and asset classes, where can investors take advantage?
—Andy Mills, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Though Califia is an unrealized dream, sustainable architecture projects have proliferated in the years since its proposal.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
John Do, a senior attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, said that while ordinances like anti-camping and property restrictions have proliferated, this is the first that criminalizes aiding and abetting.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
So that might be one way of having his say in this.
AM: As AI proliferates throughout other sectors and asset classes, where can investors take advantage?
—Andy Mills, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proliferate
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Its revenue increased 21% to 18.7 billion yuan ($2.6 billion) in the first nine months of 2024 from the same period in 2023.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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Israel has also increased public funding for projects by Israeli filmmakers from West Bank settlements — the very enterprise that the film No Other Land criticizes as taking over Palestinian homes and land.—
Nuha Musleh,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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With inflation high and interest rates rising, the outlook is bleak for many Americans.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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The personal savings rate also spiked higher, rising to 4.6%.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Probably the most significant factor is the company's ever-present pressure to accelerate, even while taking on more and more challenging tasks.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
10 Mar. 2025
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If Ukraine and the U.S. reach an understanding acceptable to Trump, that could accelerate his administration’s push to peace talks.—
Matthew Lee and Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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Universal has expanded the number of magic locations for the wands to five new areas within Wizarding World.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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These actions are leaving the U.S. vulnerable despite years of evidence that Russia is committed to continuing and expanding its cyber efforts, according to Liana Keesing, campaigns manager for technology reform at Issue One, a nonprofit that has studied technology’s impact on democracy.—
David Klepper,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Also known as Triple E, the virus swells the brain, and kills about one in three patients.—
Denise Hruby,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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The imbalance swelled to a record $131.4 billion in January, a 34% increase from the prior month and nearly double from a year ago.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2025
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The threat landscape has transformed through intersecting trends: Emerging powers multiply our potential adversaries while advanced technologies enable untraceable attacks.—
Tim Eades,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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What happens is, the virus can multiply and hitch a ride to other organs in your body if your immune system doesn’t tame it in due time.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
28 Feb. 2025
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Its losses contracted in the first nine-months of 2024, but ABS-CBN has accumulated 37.08 billion pesos in losses since 2020.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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As on land, any monetary winnings in casinos at sea are ultimately up to chance (though points will accumulate based on their set earnings rates regardless).—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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One reason is likely intensifying EV competition, especially from companies like China’s BYD.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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But that pressure has been intensified by the Trump administration – especially on the offshore wind industry.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Proliferate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proliferate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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