How to Use propagation in a Sentence

propagation

noun

• One way to share your love of plants with friends, or just have more plants in your home, is plant propagation.
  — Niema Jordan, Essence, 22 Mar. 2021
• Of course, seeds are not the only method of propagation.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 12 July 2023
• The latter is a propagation of a surface fracture in the ice clean through to the bottom of the ice sheet as the crack fills with water.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020
• Once sown, the seed trays are stacked onto carts and left in a dark section of the same tunnel for propagation.
  — Kate Peters, Popular Mechanics, 12 Nov. 2020
• This propagation gave them a way to create a good code.
  — Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
• But even the best arguments need the means for their propagation.
  — Peter J. Travers, National Review, 8 Dec. 2020
• Misting can also be a great way to help clean dust off leaves and aid in plant propagation.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
• The author makes use of the fact that oxygen favors the growth of true yeast but hinders the propagation of the other ferments.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
• The plants in the home came from the propagation wall Jo conceived for Magnolia Market at the Silos.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2022
• Take part in a hands-on workshop on young grapevine pruning and propagation.
  — oregonlive, 10 Feb. 2023
• The crop has yet to get the green light for commercial propagation—a necessary step for farmers to plant it in their fields.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2020
• These memes all use us for their propagation while harming us.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2020
• The app comes fully equipped with lessons on propagation, soil types, water, lighting, and more.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 19 Sep. 2018
• This is a more expensive propagation process, but yields plants cloned from the parent.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2018
• As seedlings grow, only some are considered good enough to move on to the next step: clonal propagation.
  — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
• Plant propagation was going to be our next column, but as Dennis said, the virus had other plans for us.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2021
• Reid will talk about using cuttings for propagation and why this method is better than seeds.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• The propagation of patient-to-patient Web sites is allowing consumers to take stock and take charge.
  — Andrew Weil, Md, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2001
• But there is an easier, cheaper way to grow new houseplants: propagation, or the process of growing a new plant from a piece of a mature one.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
• Woodland Plantation, in West Pointe à la Hache, was built in the 1830s and was for decades dedicated to the propagation of sugar cane and the trading of slaves.
  — Jennifer Moses, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• Without a lot of pomp and fuss, this guidebook walks you through the propagation, harvesting and preserving of herbs.
  — Dominique Browning, New York Times, 1 June 2016
• Here’s the inside scoop on plant propagation from Flora Grubb and her nursery’s head grower, Gregg Opgenorth.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
• So, of course people love to share their propagation joy on social media.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2021
• The researchers’ model takes into account the propagation of the shock waves and other factors.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• In 2018, two acres of Rim to Rim’s native plant propagation center along the Colorado River were planted with biocrust species and watered for over a year.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• The benefit of these masks is that the cloud deflection and impact against the mask dissipate energy and thus can reduce the range of propagation of the cloud.
  — USA Today, 3 Apr. 2020
• On her blog, Martha Stewart explains that propagation is the process of growing new plants from clippings or other plants.
  — Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• April's now the proud mama of five giraffe babies and will be retired from her zoo's propagation program.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 7 June 2019
• This propagation station has no shortage of spots for cuttings to root in water.
  — Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• That is the approach followed in Europe, with Germany, for example, passing a law that criminalizes the propagation of fake news.
  — Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024