proliferate
to increase or spread rapidly in number
Word origin: From Latin proles (offspring) and ferre (to bear).
Proliferate in a sentence
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Conspiracy theories proliferated across social media within hours.
Once the regulation lapsed, unlicensed clinics proliferated across the city.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “proliferate” well
Proliferate stresses rapid multiplication in number, often with a hint that the increase is uncontrolled.
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