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What does proliferation mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  4. (uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
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That in itself is proliferation, and it is linked to the aggressive doctrine of regime change.
Whether or not one accepts this sociological taxonomy there is no denying the proliferation of summer festivals.
He said the proliferation of Corvids birds like grey crows, magpies and rooks could be directly linked to the decline in songbirds in the area.
Yet the level of political interest sagged in inverse relation to the proliferation of candidates.
Intimai proliferation and adventitial thickening may further reduce the cross-sectional area of the pulmonary vascular bed.
Despite the proliferation of computers of every size, mainframes still house most of the world's data.

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