1
as in infusing
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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2
as in penetrating
to spread throughout
a living room suffused with warm sunlight
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Verb
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Larter says Sheridan, 55, ended up infusing her real-life skill into Angela — who is passionate about her nightly family dinners.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025 -
OutKast received a sprawling introduction from Donald Glover, who grew up listening to OutKast in Atlanta before infusing the group’s influence into his work as Childish Gambino.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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His company, Echo, sidesteps the problem, using not a chip with probes, but a thin film that sits on the brain without penetrating it.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ask penetrating questions, examine key assumptions, search for pivotal turning points, and consider multicausal explanations of events and developments.—
John T. Shaw,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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The young singer-songwriter became an interpreter of others’ works, imbuing them with a unique character missing on earlier recordings.—
Glenn Peoples,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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Saving Denji’s life, Pochita and the young man make a deal to fuse, imbuing him with the ability to turn parts of his body into Devil-destroying chainsaws.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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How much is the question of mass appeal, or tentpole culture, pervading publishing at the moment?—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Man, if the vibe of the late Sixties and the early Seventies was the pervading spirit of the day, then let peace and love win!—
Jay Glennie,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Reduce overall soil needs in a large container by filling the bottom of the pot with empty milk jugs or aluminum cans.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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Known for their high-energy performances and irresistible grooves, April and the Funk Junkies have become a San Diego favorite, filling dance floors with their mix of funk, soul, pop, and rock classics.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Awadallah said medicines and medical supplies are not permeating the city, with stockpiles running low.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Because the Universe’s expansion is accelerating due to dark energy, there will always be a radiation background permeating all of space.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That person believes in investing more in the emotional connection than anything else.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2025
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While Lin has led the firm’s early stage investing since 2017, Grady has steered Sequoia’s growth stage investing practice since 2015, leading deals in Snowflake, Zoom, ServiceNow, Harvey, and OpenEvidence.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Theories range from the Edmund Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the safety net designed to financially protect homeowners from flooding sits frozen amid the government shutdown.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Suffusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffusing. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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