Promulgate
verb
To make known or public, especially something law related or official regulations.
The government has a duty to promulgate laws and decisions that will serve the public interest.
Often appears as...
- the government promulgates
- promulgate laws
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Formal
Academic
verb
To support and spread an idea or system to many people.
As an influential philosopher, his role was to promulgate new theories to the academic community.
Often appears as...
- promulgate theories
- promulgate ideas
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To make known or public, especially something law related or official regulations.
The government has a duty to promulgate laws and decisions that will serve the public interest.
Often appears as...
- the government promulgates
- promulgate laws
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To support and spread an idea or system to many people.
As an influential philosopher, his role was to promulgate new theories to the academic community.
Often appears as...
- promulgate theories
- promulgate ideas
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Official Acts
Used when authorities formalize laws or policies, often via a declaration or proclamation.
The agency will promulgate safety standards next month.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
Commonly found in legal, governmental, or formal documents and discussions.
The court decided to promulgate the new evidence rules.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Interest
Often associated with actions taken for the welfare or benefit of the general public.
Officials were tasked to promulgate health guidelines during the pandemic.
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but we can help the people in these societies who are struggling and usually failing because the odds are so stacked against them and yet we've not got these rules if you think about it the cost of promulgating international rules is
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"Professor Hawkins has promulgated an official dogma binding on all loyal Hawkinsians that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs."
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The "bottom billion" -...
but we can help the people in these societies who are struggling and usually failing because the odds are so stacked against them and yet we've not got these rules if you think about it the cost of promulgating international rules is
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"Professor Hawkins has promulgated an official dogma binding on all loyal Hawkinsians that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs."
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Henry Louis Gates
American Critic
The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Perhaps the majority of human beings never think of standing by themselves, and choosing their own employments, till the sentence has been regularly promulgated to them, 'It is time for you to take care of yourself.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally.
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Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
False stories can be promulgated more easily when the people trying to tell true stories have been discredited - or when they are battered by rubber bullets.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated?
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
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David Foster Wallace
American Writer
I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that brings them the art.
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Charles T. Canady
American Judge
My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the people's representatives.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
You can't promulgate injustice without consequences.
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Henry Louis Gates
American Critic
The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Perhaps the majority of human beings never think of standing by themselves, and choosing their own employments, till the sentence has been regularly promulgated to them, 'It is time for you to take care of yourself.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally.
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Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
False stories can be promulgated more easily when the people trying to tell true stories have been discredited - or when they are battered by rubber bullets.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated?
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
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David Foster Wallace
American Writer
I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that brings them the art.
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Charles T. Canady
American Judge
My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the people's representatives.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
You can't promulgate injustice without consequences.
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