spreader
Americannoun
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a machine or device used for scattering bulk materials, esp manure or fertilizer, over a relatively wide area
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a device for keeping apart or spacing parallel objects, such as electric wires
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She said it looked as though there had been a super spreader event, though she could not yet confirm where the initial infection originated.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
The main spreader of the West Nile virus in California is the culex mosquito, which becomes infected with the virus by feeding on the blood of infected birds.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
Like Henry Ford before him, Elon Musk has emerged as America’s top conspiracy spreader.
From Salon • May 5, 2024
In contrast, several bites from the human flea, Pulex irritans, are required to transmit the bacteria, making it a less potent spreader of plague but still a threat.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
I concentrated on the rows, and watched the spreader and the gray fertilizer sifting down from the hopper onto the soil.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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