proliferation
the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
a rapid and often excessive spread or increase: nuclear proliferation.
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How to use proliferation in a sentence
A proliferation of new policy ideas often accompanies a changing of the guard in Washington.
The element of combat was introduced with the proliferation of hedge funds that actively short stocks to hedge their positions.
Reddit and Robinhood gamified the stock market, and it’s going to end badly | Mihir A. Desai | January 31, 2021 | QuartzThat’s one thing for coal, which is already on its way out, but Langer points out that the proliferation of new natural gas since 2005 is going to be a challenge for those big climate goals.
Solar power got cheap. So why aren’t we using it more? | Ula Chrobak | January 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe proliferation of such events raises questions about the lines between misinformation and real-world action.
Facebook’s Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but new evidence shows how platform played role | Elizabeth Dwoskin | January 13, 2021 | Washington PostAs even more data becomes ever more easily available online, and with the proliferation of artificial intelligence, I am convinced that the real world will become even more like the Internet if we don’t make changes.
Tech’s underdeveloped moral compass is threatening our democracy | Matthew Heimer | January 12, 2021 | Fortune
“SA-6s are the least of our concerns for CAS in the modern age of surface-to-air missile system proliferation,” the official said.
Concerns about the proliferation of these labs date back to shortly after the expansion began in the early 2000s.
Growing Number of Biosafety Labs Raises Red Flags | Center for Public Integrity | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe proliferation of zany burger toppings came next as an inevitable by-product of the high-end burger fad.
Have We Reached ‘Peak Burger’? The Crazy Fetishization of Our Most Basic Comfort Food | Brandon Presser | July 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe proliferation of Muslim-majority states continued with decolonization in the 1950s and 1960s.
But Cole also points to the proliferation of phones with video capabilities as a turning point.
It is just the disorderly proliferation of Bromstead over again, in lives instead of in houses.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsA now terminates just below the point where the proliferation of cells is taking place.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThis is due to the proliferation of the cells in the anterior capsule of the lens while attempting to lay down new lens fibres.
But where did that place his theory on darkness and a correlation with the heightened noise's proliferation?
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownIn "Jennie Gerhardt" there is no such flaccidity of structure, no such vacillation in aim, no such proliferation of episode.
A Book of Prefaces | H. L. Mencken
British Dictionary definitions for proliferation
/ (prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən) /
rapid growth or reproduction of new parts, cells, etc
rapid growth or increase in numbers
a great number: done up in a proliferation of fancy frills
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