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as in infuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop
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as in penetrates
to spread throughout
a living room suffused with warm sunlight
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Recent Examples of suffuses
An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffuses
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The fourth installment of the brands’ collaboration infuses playful details into elevated design, offering new styles in addition to refreshed versions of the Classic Platform and Trailbreak sneakers.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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That edge—between repression and revelation—infuses every frame of the series.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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What starts as a plush gel, lathers into a rich foam that penetrates deep to remove all traces of residue.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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The oil penetrates your skin quickly and can help soothe dry, irritated skin.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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This film imbues all of the psychological horror and weirdness of David Lynch’s original Twin Peaks series with a level of graphic horror that likely wouldn’t have flown on ABC.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Keaton takes on a role that could have been all cliché — that of a new mother trying to balance a demanding job with caring for a 14-month-old — and imbues it with such relatable honesty.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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The pathos of being a veep pervades Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir 107 Days.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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As storytellers, Supergiant have defined their own personal tone that pervades their body work, stretching from games like Bastion to Pyre.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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That wouldn't be the case at a Florida, a program that invests at an annual national championship level.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Talbott’s firm invests heavily in the aerospace, defense, government, and technology sectors.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Oct. 2025
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Their pedigree permeates pressure.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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And that kind of knowledge, which gets passed down and permeates down through the generations, would be very difficult to replicate quickly.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Particularly in the case of the latter two galaxies, the radio jets seem to be interacting with the intra-cluster medium, which is a thick fog of hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, and this interaction is shaping both the jets and the radio rings.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Then, warm soap water fills up to the chest level automatically, washing the user without any movement required.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the committee said young children should receive one vaccine for chickenpox and a different shot known as MMR that inoculates against measles, mumps and rubella.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Develop Character To Combat Cognitive Warfare Developing and strengthening character inoculates individuals.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Suffuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffuses. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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