spawn
/spɔːn/ verb [T]Definition
› to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly: Deregulation has also spawned three mobile-phone operators and five internet providers. The new economic freedom has spawned hundreds of new small businesses.
(Definition of spawn verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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