proliferate

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[ US /pɹoʊˈɫɪfɝˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /pɹəlˈɪfəɹˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. grow rapidly
    Pizza parlors proliferate in this area
  2. cause to grow or increase rapidly
    We must not proliferate nuclear arms
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How To Use proliferate In A Sentence

  • Once B cells have come into contact with an antigen they proliferate and differentiate into antibody secreting cells.
  • In heterozygous females, pre-B cells whose active X chromosome expresses the mutant gene would not terminally differentiate and proliferate.
  • Dividing immune cells are called "activated B cells," which proliferate into distinct populations. James A. Shapiro: Purposeful, Targeted Genetic Engineering in Immune System Evolution
  • Its images tumble, proliferate and cross-hatch; they are extravagant and loopy and defiantly enormous in their ambition, making everything else look petty and piddling.
  • Grass grew, foliage returned to trees' canopies, and blooming flowers proliferated.
  • Yet the idea of a post-apocalyptic city captivates the contemporary mind and its images continue to proliferate.
  • Boxes and hunting lodges proliferated in market towns such as Melton Mowbray, where the hunting fraternity would stay throughout the season.
  • As a result, the same building can, literally, be found in Melbourne, Perth or Denver as copybook designs proliferate due to a successful cost analysis.
  • The literature on the work-family interface has proliferated in the last two decades.
  • Meanwhile, brewpubs continue to proliferate, broadening awareness of the stylistic range of beers beyond the light lagers offered by the mass domestic brewers.
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