propagate
verb (used with object)
to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
have been propagating
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present perfect progressiveof propagate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"That's a mantra you guys have been propagating for years," she replies.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
The Krautmanns have been propagating as many as 40,000 paperbark maples annually since 1985 from seeds they collected in China or had shipped to them.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2016
And, for all I know, the woefulness of this sword-and-mustache movie won’t succeed in exploding the loony conspiracy theory about Shakespeare it’s based on—and shame those who have been propagating it into embarrassed silence.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2011
WILKINSON: I have been propagating for about 39 years, and I have grafted thousands of pecan trees in my nursery, and I have only a few trees growing from grafts.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
It is a kind of Nemesis that they should have fallen in the very cause they have been propagating for at least a generation.
From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by D. Thomas Curtin
