diffused

Definition of diffusednext
past tense of diffuse
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Verb
  • The report suggests that more unhoused people are dispersed across the county than in previous counts.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Manufacturing capacity has dispersed abroad.
    Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • If it can be said that a honeymoon period prevailed following the 2021 agreements, that sense of fellow feeling has long since dissipated.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
  • Ballot propositions raising taxes for a specific popular need, but the funds go surprisingly into a general fund to be dissipated for political needs undisclosed to voters.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • When Liverpool triggered their one-year option last month to extend Alisson’s contract until the summer of 2027, any lingering doubts over his future appeared to have been dispelled.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This quarter dispelled those concerns.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Pain that radiated from your wrist into your thumb or forearm.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • While fellow first-round pick Malachi Lawrence will mostly be contained to an outside linebacker role, the versatility theme radiated into day two when the Cowboys took Michigan linebacker Jaishawn Barham in the third round over a group of other talented defenders.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Flowers bloom late spring to early summer atop wiry, branched, nearly leafless stems rising to 24 inches tall above an 18-inch-tall clump of deep green leaves.
    Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
  • The starch molecule is branched and doesn’t pack together very tightly.
    Julie Pollock, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
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“Diffused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffused. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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