Example Sentences

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The company had "perpetuated an enormous failure on the Australian people" and would face "significant consequences", she said.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

David Schaecter, president of Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation USA, which represents support groups for victims’ families in the United States, called the sale “appalling” and said it had perpetuated “a disgraceful pattern of whitewashing Holocaust profiteers.”

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

TSM launched its own investigation, which in May found that Dinh had perpetuated “no unlawful conduct.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2022

But in November, TRUSTe settled with the Federal Trade Commission on charges that it had misrepresented its recertification program for privacy practices and that it had perpetuated the misconception that it was still a nonprofit.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2015

But I had perpetuated the Mandela name and the Madiba clan, which is one of the basic responsibilities of a Xhosa male.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela