DISSEMINATED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

disseminated

verb

Definition of disseminated

past tense of disseminate

as in propagated

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 disseminated New technologies are being disseminated ever more quickly, and the machinery of politics and law delivers accountability at best intermittently, and then only at a painstaking crawl. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 The Republican nominee’s comments were first reported by Bangor Daily News and later disseminated by the Maine Democratic Party. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 No one had to wait to hear or at least see the lyrics, at least, since they were printed right on the front of the CD, in images disseminated by the shop. — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026 The post was private but was snipped and disseminated on social media before it was deleted less than an hour later. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The decision, the spokesperson said, was disseminated to residents informally during meetings — not announced in a document or formal settings. — Emily Holshouser august 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026 The protests seemed to intensify following the visuals of police repression, which were disseminated widely on social media by independent journalists and protesters. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 Then, more recently, the hypervirulent urine bacteria disseminated, spreading to the woman’s brain. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 After the military seized the objects, they were disseminated unlawfully into museum and personal collections around the world. — News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026

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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

Definition of propagated

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Mellencamp, 45, was initially diagnosed with melanoma that spread.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
But the war’s unintended consequences have spread far beyond the Middle East, affecting global security, diminishing America’s global standing, and potentially providing its adversaries with an opportunity to expand their influence.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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