As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
PROPAGATIONS
Noun
propagations
plural of propagation
Source: Wiktionary
PROPAGATION
Prop`a*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. propagatio: cf. F. propagation.]
1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants. There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. Ray.
2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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