promulgate
verb (used with object)
to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
promulgates
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present tense formof promulgate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Race, a keen source of conflict in the stories a society promulgates about itself, raises these stakes astronomically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
James taught that the value of a practice or policy doesn’t depend on the authority or movement that promulgates it, nor on the philosophical framework from which it derives.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2020
Mr. Miller now occupies a large West Wing office and has influence on virtually every element of immigration policy, from the words the president uses to the regulations he promulgates.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
Dec. 18, 2017: Pope Francis promulgates a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Peyton, bestowing upon him the title of “venerable.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2018
Council of the Indies, organization, duties, and authority, 19-20; promulgates New Laws, 50.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
