as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
a diffuse speech that took a great deal of time to make a very small point
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Recent Examples of diffuse
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Mack announced in January that she had been diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, an extremely rare type of astrocytoma cancer.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Available in 17 shades, MIULEE’s sheer curtains diffuse sunlight and soften glare without disrupting air flow.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
As with many aspects of our digital lives, responsibility is too diffuse for accountability.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Mack announced in January that she had been diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, an extremely rare type of astrocytoma cancer.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
Zone can disrupt the flow of a game, slow the pace of play, diffuse a potentially great after-timeout play call or limit an opponent’s out-of-bounds playbook.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Available in 17 shades, MIULEE’s sheer curtains diffuse sunlight and soften glare without disrupting air flow.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diffuse
Adjective
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In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the clip, each member of the cast can be seen rallying together to put an end to things, before dispersing across their homes, school, hospital, and elsewhere to make quick work in hopes of surviving.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 Oct. 2025
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Reuters — Police in Tanzania fired tear gas and gunshots on Thursday to disperse groups of protesters who returned to the streets a day after a general election marred by violent demonstrations, witnesses said.—
Reuters 10 hr ago,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Complete with a puffy pink dress and exaggerated makeup, her whimsical take on the show’s contestants was a crowd favorite.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The influencer’s minidress featured exaggerated off-the-shoulder sleeves with red and pink toned florals with green stems set against a black fabric.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Vital Convenience Taylor Farms dispels the myth that convenience means compromising quality.—
William Jones,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In Warner’s work, new technologies do not dispel but verify enchantment, confirming the presence, ever around us, of an unseen world.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Video posted on Facebook shows a tree service worker leaning an extremely tall ladder up to an enormous tree in order to rescue a very talkative — and thankful — black cat.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mbeumo, nicknamed Brice, was not shy at football but talkative and funny.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The ivory tower is losing luster by the second, after campuses around the country proved to be hotbeds of antisemitism, grade inflation has spiked rather than dissipated, and outrageous tuitions fund outlandish administrative salaries.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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After its destructive path across the Caribbean, Melissa is projected to move northeast across the Atlantic Ocean and dissipate.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The uncertainty has been hard, even with suppliers being communicative and transparent.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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That started in huddles, with a demonstrably more communicative Jokic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The meteors—the flashes and streaks of light—appear to radiate from the constellation Taurus.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Do this in the early evening while there's still daylight and the ground is radiating heat.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Diffuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffuse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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