Meaning & use
dissemination
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The act of spreading information, ideas, or knowledge widely.
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The university funded new efforts for the dissemination of research findings to the public.
Social media has dramatically sped up the dissemination of breaking news.
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Common in academic, scientific, and media contexts to describe the deliberate spreading of information, as opposed to information simply happening to spread.
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