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as in to infuse
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 to penetrate
to spread throughout
a living room suffused with warm sunlight
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Recent Examples of suffuse
They are also suffused with a subtle but withering social satire.
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Richard Fausset, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
But there’s a tender vulnerability to his characters, and the daffy empathy that suffuses the writing is unique to Arbery.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
His approach to bureaucratic combat was to suffuse the conversation with detail.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
The trailer reveals the movie to be luminously shot and suffused with some intense action sequences — including one of Fahy hanging out of a shattered picture window.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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Richard Fausset, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
But there’s a tender vulnerability to his characters, and the daffy empathy that suffuses the writing is unique to Arbery.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
His approach to bureaucratic combat was to suffuse the conversation with detail.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
The trailer reveals the movie to be luminously shot and suffused with some intense action sequences — including one of Fahy hanging out of a shattered picture window.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffuse
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Head to the ice cream bar for old-fashioned floats and milkshakes, or enjoy a Nitro coffee beverage infused with vanilla ice cream.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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Let the herbs steep, stirring clockwise to infuse the water with intention.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes, the most biting and penetrating films are the ones that poke fun at society’s absurdities—a dynamic that Mark Mylod fully understood with The Menu.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Heavy precipitation events often cause soil runoff and don’t penetrate the ground as well as consistent rainfall over several days.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2025
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Don Banda imbues her with a sense of rebellion by putting her in a colorful party top.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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From lead-acid battery smelters to rocket testing facilities, heavy industry over the past century in California has left large swathes of land imbued with dangerous chemicals.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Aren’t most women in STEM acutely aware that sexism pervades the workforce?—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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While the speed at which artificial intelligence (A.I.) is pervading mainstream society could seemingly break the sound barrier, aviation authorities are taking a slower, more cautious approach to its potential applications in the cockpit.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2025
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This strategy reduces the risk of investing a large amount at the wrong time and helps to smooth out the cost basis over time.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, the rest of the roster could start looking bleak if the team invests too much money in a few players.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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That attitude of turning lemons into lemonade permeates the organization—and occasionally covers other kinds of fruit.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Revolutionaries often quoted Cato, which was performed regularly in the Colonies, and the juxtaposition of liberty and death seems to have permeated American culture.—
Cassandra Good,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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The bar quickly fills up with patrons sporting suits and ties.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Hershey's Chocolate Salted Caramel Cheesecake Doughnut features an unglazed shell doughnut, filled with a caramel cheesecake cream, dipped in milk chocolate icing and topped with chocolate cookie crumb and a salted caramel swirl.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Image Clooney tried to inculcate his father’s values.—
Thea Traff,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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This approach, driven by the following strategies, can help inculcate a culture of innovation and transform teams into innovation champions.—
Sivakumar Ramakrishnan,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Suffuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffuse. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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