1
as in suffusing
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 gifting
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 enabling
to give official or legal power to
invested him with power of attorney
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as in clothing
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 inducting
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 besieging
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 wrapping
to surround or cover closely
nightfall invested the land
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Recent Examples of investing
Meme stocks aside, years of mostly uninterrupted, strong stock market gains provided an attractive backdrop for more people to take up investing.
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Alex Veiga, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Rivals like Eutelsat, Amazon and others are investing heavily in their own services.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Meme stocks aside, years of mostly uninterrupted, strong stock market gains provided an attractive backdrop for more people to take up investing.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Walmart has recently made moves to position itself as a tech-forward competitor to Amazon, switching from trading on the New York Stock Exchange to the tech-heavy Nasdaq in December and investing more in artificial intelligence.
—Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
Calderon, Becerra and Mahan floated ideas like investing more state funds to increase child care providers’ wages for programs like Head Start, a federal early childhood care program.
—Lia Russell
updated February 19, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The government is also investing heavily in making the city a more desirable place to live, building parks and entertainment areas.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The titans of the industry have started investing heavily in purchasing elections through massive influxes of cash.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
With the company placing inventory closer to the customer to maximize delivery speed, the retail giant is investing millions to expand its physical distribution network.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Alex Veiga, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Rivals like Eutelsat, Amazon and others are investing heavily in their own services.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Meme stocks aside, years of mostly uninterrupted, strong stock market gains provided an attractive backdrop for more people to take up investing.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Walmart has recently made moves to position itself as a tech-forward competitor to Amazon, switching from trading on the New York Stock Exchange to the tech-heavy Nasdaq in December and investing more in artificial intelligence.
—Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
Calderon, Becerra and Mahan floated ideas like investing more state funds to increase child care providers’ wages for programs like Head Start, a federal early childhood care program.
—Lia Russell
updated February 19, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The government is also investing heavily in making the city a more desirable place to live, building parks and entertainment areas.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The titans of the industry have started investing heavily in purchasing elections through massive influxes of cash.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
With the company placing inventory closer to the customer to maximize delivery speed, the retail giant is investing millions to expand its physical distribution network.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investing
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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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The bright Moon is in your witty sign, gifting you with unusual emotional insight.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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Peterson also held senior finance roles at Attentive Mobile and, most recently, served as CFO of Snappy, an enterprise gifting and rewards platform.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Its dual-chip architecture integrates NVIDIA Jetson Orin and Intel N97 processors, enabling high-performance computing for complex tasks and real-time AI workloads.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Women collaborators — editors, producers, wives — did essential, often unrecognized work enabling the trio’s rise.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Prince did the honors of inducting them.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
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San Jose celebrated another set of sports heroes Thursday night at SAP Center, inducting the 30th class into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Israel tried to take over Gaza City before in this war, besieging it and launching raids in its streets, but tens of thousands of people remained.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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And while politicians know that there are costs to besieging an independent central bank – financial markets may react negatively or inflation may flare up – short-term control of a powerful policy tool can prove irresistible.—
Ana Carolina Garriga,
The Conversation,
26 Aug. 2025
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According to a report from CNN, Burger King decided to stop wrapping Whoppers in paper after years of complaints about smushed burgers.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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Later in the year, Styles will kick off his Together, Together tour, which marks his first big set of performances since wrapping his Love on Tour in 2023.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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The brand has done that by bringing its key features—Art Deco architecture, innovative dining, a grand ballroom, the Peacock Alley lounge where guests gather at all times of the day—and infusing them with an unmistakably Japanese spirit.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Bündchen showed off her supermodel prowess in a new Marc O'Polo collection, infusing casual staples with a bit of sultry flair.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Investing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investing. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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