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  • verb Present participle of promulgate.

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Examples

  • The right wing's success in promulgating a disturbing factual relativism that relies on the most shrill, fact-free assertions possible in service of their political objectives is only possible because of the way in the supposedly liberal mainstream media, in its mindless practice of he-said, she-said journalism facilitates that strategy (here's a typical recent example).

    Jonathan Weiler: On False Equivalencies Jonathan Weiler 2010

  • The risks of a trade war really militate against being stupidly aggressive in promulgating buy America rules.

    Matthew Yglesias » Buying American 2009

  • The right wing's success in promulgating a disturbing factual relativism that relies on the most shrill, fact-free assertions possible in service of their political objectives is only possible because of the way in the supposedly liberal mainstream media, in its mindless practice of he-said, she-said journalism facilitates that strategy (here's a typical recent example).

    Jonathan Weiler: On False Equivalencies Jonathan Weiler 2010

  • The problem is that in promulgating their pet theories, they go far beyond the limits of the evidence.

    Primary sources of Maya history - part three 2008

  • The problem is that in promulgating their pet theories, they go far beyond the limits of the evidence.

    Primary sources of Maya history - part three 2008

  • On the other hand, I also recognize that unless someone, somewhere, takes the lead in promulgating constitutionalist ideas that are inherently

    Notes on Nobelity 2001

  • The expressions «outlawry of war» and «to outlaw war» originated with Salmon O. Levinson, an American who had great success at the end of WWI in promulgating his ideas on making war illegal.

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1929 and 1930 - Presentation Speech 1930

  • The expressions «outlawry of war» and «to outlaw war» originated with Salmon O. Levinson, an American who had great success at the end of WWI in promulgating his ideas on making war illegal.

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1929 and 1930 - Presentation Speech 1929

  • Of course, given that they are also "promulgating" the usual Ayn Rand nonsense that gave us people like "three-failures-and-you-are-out" Alan Greenspan, maybe they are just financed by the "corrupt financial oligarch" circles.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Using the word "promulgating" must be above Obama's pay grade.

    Latest Articles 2008

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