The phrase "are able to propagate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capability of something to spread or reproduce, often in scientific or technical contexts.
Example: "Certain species of plants are able to propagate through both seeds and cuttings, allowing them to thrive in various environments."
Alternatives: "can spread" or "are capable of reproducing".
Plants that are able to propagate by asexual means produce genetically identical plants that are clones.
The disturbances in the tropical East Pacific come, themselves, from the North Pacific, and are able to propagate into the tropics because of the westerly winds in the upper troposphere over the East Pacific; they themselves are part of the response of the winds to the enhanced rainfall over Indonesia.
In the latter part of the 20th century, however, the term came to refer more specifically to methods of recombinant DNA technology (or gene cloning), in which DNA molecules from two or more sources are combined either within cells or in vitro and are then inserted into host organisms in which they are able to propagate.
As more developers log in, they are able to propagate the Mediachain dataset across different platforms.
Plant growth-promoting Bacilli, like FZB42, are able to propagate in the rhizosphere, the soil environment influenced by plant roots.
The active control of tonal noise propagating in ducts at frequencies where many modes are able to propagate is considered.
He was gifted with a lucid writing style with which he was able to propagate the field of anthropology.
"There is a fanatical group, a fringe element," he said, "that have been able to command the media and have been able to propagate a series of fantastic world images and a series of fantastic conspiracy theories".
It is hardly a garden plant - there are some who claim to be able to propagate it, but I certainly have failed miserably to do so and I suspect that there is very much more luck than judgment in any success that people have.
It is testament to the skill, discipline and persistence of the Coalition that it has been able to propagate a consistent series of catastrophist mythologies and then convince the public that it is best suited to manage the recovery from the "mess".
