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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proliferate.

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Examples

  • The word "open" is jam-packed with meaning for those in the software/web services landscape, and as the term proliferates, it can be increasingly difficult to find two folks who agree on its definition.

    New: All Things O'Reilly Christian Crumlish 2009

  • One of the reasons that piracy proliferates is that many author’s books are difficult or unavailable to purchase in e-book formats.

    Complete Piracy at Last « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

  • There are those to whom the multicultural veneer -- and this mode of expression proliferates into many social niches -- comes more easily than to others, and such apprentices and journeymen find rapid and early success, toward becoming potential masters one day.

    Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic? Anis Shivani 2010

  • There are those to whom the multicultural veneer -- and this mode of expression proliferates into many social niches -- comes more easily than to others, and such apprentices and journeymen find rapid and early success, toward becoming potential masters one day.

    Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic? Anis Shivani 2010

  • There are those to whom the multicultural veneer--and this mode of expression proliferates into many social niches--comes more easily than to others, and such apprentices and journeymen find rapid and early success, toward becoming potential masters one day.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Anis Shivani 2010

  • In all seriousness, as communication technology proliferates, slang will continue to propagate.

    Trueque 2009

  • In all seriousness, as communication technology proliferates, slang will continue to propagate.

    Trueque 2009

  • In all seriousness, as communication technology proliferates, slang will continue to propagate.

    Trueque 2009

  • In all seriousness, as communication technology proliferates, slang will continue to propagate.

    Trueque 2009

  • In all seriousness, as communication technology proliferates, slang will continue to propagate.

    Trueque 2009

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