Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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This has become an important academic issue, and is increasingly being tackled by those of us in marketing, a field that has perpetuated this cycle of waste.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2024
In a way, that’s exactly how California has perpetuated its grip on the public consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
And a lack of awareness has perpetuated the neglect.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
By focusing so intensely on his every utterance, then, almost comically , assembling panels to seriously discuss even the most nonsensical utterances, the media has perpetuated and accelerated the news cycles mentioned in this article.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
He has perpetuated in his dedications all these flames, and it was in the furnace of these flames that much of his music was forged.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes
