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as in to suffuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight
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as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place
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as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
invested him with power of attorney
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award
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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen
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as in to besiege
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell
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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
nightfall invested the land
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Recent Examples of invest
Often, Therrien did not give his works descriptive titles, preferring instead that his viewers invest his art with meaning.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Microsoft in April announced plans to invest $329 million in the expansion of its cloud services in South Africa, and ramp up AI skills training in the country.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
Tallen is a renowned philanthropist and wanted to make sure to invest some of his money to honor a coach who changed his life.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Musk's company, SpaceX, has filed plans to invest $55 billion in building a semiconductor manufacturing facility, dubbed Terafab, which Tesla and SpaceX will jointly operate.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Microsoft in April announced plans to invest $329 million in the expansion of its cloud services in South Africa, and ramp up AI skills training in the country.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
Tallen is a renowned philanthropist and wanted to make sure to invest some of his money to honor a coach who changed his life.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Musk's company, SpaceX, has filed plans to invest $55 billion in building a semiconductor manufacturing facility, dubbed Terafab, which Tesla and SpaceX will jointly operate.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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And, come evening, the ocean’s surface is suffused with gold as the sun dips beyond the horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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Eliot grew up in Wiltshire, England, and recalled being gifted their first guitar for their 4th or 5th birthday during an interview with The Cut.—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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In other words, Elon Musk could potentially gift shares of Tesla, or Jensen Huang could kick in shares of Nvidia.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Using magnetic fields, this system enables power transfer to electric ships without physical metal contact, shielding vital components from nature’s corrosive elements.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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Thousands of people clad in red, white and blue waited hours in line to listen to Trump speak.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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The long hours of immersion in cold water and the strain of swimming fully clothed through turbulent waves toward the tantalizingly near shoreline must have drained the last bit of endurance from him.—
Jim Hoagland,
Outdoor Life,
30 Apr. 2026
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Billups, who was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2024, made $107 million as a player.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Sterling was inducted last year, joining Shannon, a 2011 enshrinee.—
Todd Holcomb,
AJC.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a similar vein, the Business section featured an article on our inequitable national tax structure, which enables the wealthy to grow their wealth while most people, besieged by income taxes and rising property taxes, struggle.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Early on, the Biden team had been besieged with desperate pleas to ship more of the then scarce vaccine.—
David Blumenthal,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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Kay wraps her voice around propulsive rock arrangements on one, while another leans into flamenco pop.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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Kristen Wile of Unpretentious Palate kindly offered me a bite of her toothsome barbacoa entree, wrapped in a collard leaf and served with mayocoba (a creamy, yellow-green canary bean) and a red and green salsa duo.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Hyundai redesigned its midsize SUV for the 2019 model year, infusing it with a long list of standard driver assist features that can help keep a teen driver safe on the road.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The beachside Beauvallon Sur Mer, together with its lounge and rooftop, was created by interior architect Dorothée Delaye—the creative known for infusing hotels with a distinctive French flair.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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“Invest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invest. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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