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.).
promulgating
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present participleof promulgate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It also claimed Lara did not follow regulatory protocol in promulgating the new policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
When reminiscing about films or promulgating his ideas on technique, Kurosawa comes across as approachable and marvelously unassuming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
National Resources Defense Council, and that case said that agencies should be given an enormous amount of deference in terms of the way that they interpret their own statutes when they’re promulgating regulations.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
All state matters were rigorously scrutinized by Louis, and he spent hours planning troop movements, overseeing the building of roads and canals, and promulgating legal codes for France’s colonies.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
I am convinced that the real violation consisted in the making and promulgating of these famous articles.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
