diffusing

present participle of diffuse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for diffusing
Verb
  • Wolves have since returned to the state on their own, dispersing from packs in Oregon and spreading as far south as the southern end of the Sierra Nevada.
    NPR, NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
  • While the initial version of the material was ineffective at dispersing radar waves, researchers enhanced its electromagnetic properties using a subtractive laser patterning process.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s why Rotary members, also embedded in these same communities, have played a vital role in not just funding and organizing campaigns, but also dispelling doubts and ensuring no child is left behind.
    Dr. Tunji Funsho, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Now more than ever, Evavold said Halloween is about bringing families and youngsters together rather than dispelling trouble that might be brewing.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The system’s center is forecast to remain offshore of the Baja California Sur coast, dissipating by Saturday, according to the agency.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • On the forecast track, Priscilla is expected to remain offshore of the coast of Baja California Sur before dissipating.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike the branching corals, which were victims of water that at one point reached hot tub temperatures, pillar coral’s killer was mostly a pernicious and little understood coral disease, story coral tissue loss disease, although extreme heat did claim some.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The green leaves radiating from the base of each dandelion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Comet Lemmon's tail was formed when heat radiating from the sun caused icy materials embedded in its ancient body to transform directly into gas, a process known as sublimation.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Diffusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffusing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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