- present participle of disseminate.
disseminating
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of disseminating
Example Sentences
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The virus has been "rampant and silently disseminating for a few weeks already", she said.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
They called the medical groups’ request to block the vaccine panel from meeting publicly, and the HHS from disseminating information about immunization recommendations, “an extraordinarily unusual advice-banning” proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
“What I can say with absolute certainty is that the DOJ did a terrible job when they were disseminating these files,” Hersh said.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026
The filing does not mention Perez-Lugones disseminating the information.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Thus the category ‘discovery’ proved to be capable of disseminating across the various local cultures of Renaissance Europe, but it did not fare well elsewhere.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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