Recycling programs help perpetuate the use of finite resources by converting waste into new materials.
回收计划通过将废物转化为新材料，帮助使有限资源的使用得以持续。
Sociologist Aaliyah Johnson notes that algorithmic hiring tools are trained on historical hiring data, meaning they can inadvertently learn and perpetuate the same biases present in a company's past hiring decisions, even while appearing objective.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “perpetuate”?
D — To make something continue indefinitely. “perpetuate” means to make something continue indefinitely.
Which word means “to make something continue indefinitely”?
D — perpetuate. “perpetuate” means to make something continue indefinitely.
perpetuate — to make something continue indefinitely. In Chinese: 使永久化，使持续.
perpetuate is pronounced /pərˈpetʃuˌeɪt/.
Recycling programs help perpetuate the use of finite resources by converting waste into new materials. (回收计划通过将废物转化为新材料，帮助使有限资源的使用得以持续。)
continue, sustain, maintain — all close in meaning to perpetuate (to make something continue indefinitely).
terminate, abolish — each the opposite of perpetuate (to make something continue indefinitely).
Yes. perpetuate is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
Example: 'per'(through) + 'petuate'(continue) → to perpetuate, make continue through time.