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as in transmitted
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
a teacher who is able to transfuse his enthusiasm and passion for history to his students
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as in suffused
to spread throughout
light transfused the room as the sun rose
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Recent Examples of transfused
Doctors harvested Sullivan's stem cells before treatment and later transfused them back into her body to rebuild her immune system.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
In the first eight months of Fort Worth’s blood program, paramedics have transfused more than 150 units of blood into 140 patients, according to data as of mid-December.
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Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Blood has been transfused from one greatest player to the next over multiple generations, and Cam is next in line.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Cam is injected with unknown serums, blood gets transfused and pocket-passing drills turn grisly.
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Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
In the first eight months of Fort Worth’s blood program, paramedics have transfused more than 150 units of blood into 140 patients, according to data as of mid-December.
—
Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Blood has been transfused from one greatest player to the next over multiple generations, and Cam is next in line.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Cam is injected with unknown serums, blood gets transfused and pocket-passing drills turn grisly.
—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfused
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated wireless power transfer in orbit and successfully transmitted measurable energy to Earth.
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Festivals are where Caribbean identity gets refined, celebrated, and transmitted, to ourselves and to the world.
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The standout is a grand, otherworldly picture, devoid of human and animal life but suffused with strange light, and the majesty and menace of colossal ice in moving water.
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The experiment might sound sentimental, but Chakraborty, the production’s secret weapon, maintains a scientific restraint, albeit one suffused with maternal anguish.
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While proudly rooted in Italy, the business today features 260 stores spread across 60 countries, giving it a front-row seat to how the world spectates and celebrates the game.
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Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said.
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Fans on the lawn cried out as each arrow penetrated his chest.
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Strong as a curly-haired blond is less convincing at first sight—but the fact that viewers are able to meticulously judge this portrayal speaks less to the film and more to the way in which Zuckerberg has penetrated the collective consciousness.
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“Transfused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfused. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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