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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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Pierpaolo Piccioli also infuses his vision of Balenciaga with a more literally glamorous take on femininity, which he has been known for at Valentino, of course.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
5 Oct. 2025
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Add Architectural Detail Reserve Home content creator Mallory Fletcher is well-known for the French flea market-style decor that infuses her Brooklyn apartment—and for her DIY chops.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 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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Salicylic acid penetrates deep into the pores to dissolve away acne-causing debris, while coddling the skin barrier with a cocktail of ceramides and niacinamide.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The archetype is, of course, familiar—but Hawke imbues each of these characters with infectious zeal and a solemn, even sacred, severity.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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But Hoffman also imbues the character with an innocent, slippery charisma.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 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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Attachment theory pervades an institution that seems fixated on severing teens’ bonds with parents who are invariably discovered to be, if not complete monsters, at least ill-suited for the task of caring for their own children.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Amazon invests $4 billion in Anthropic; Anthropic spends $4 billion on Amazon Web Services.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Her positive energy permeates through her team and, when the games are at Target Center — as will be the case again for Game 2 on Tuesday — the entire building.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
22 Sep. 2025
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The series begins before Gein has ever killed, in 1945, as dawning awareness of death camps in Europe fills the air with sadism and conspiracy thinking.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Then vice-captain Theo Hernandez in the summer and so in addition to his apparent timelessness on the pitch, Modric fills the leadership gap left by Simon Kjaer, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Olivier Giroud.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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