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For the more intangible cultural communities lost — like the music studios, rehearsal rooms and artists’ homes burned in both fires — recovery will be diffuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

Pain originating in the abdominal wall typically can be isolated to a specific spot; it is often overlooked and mistaken for visceral pain, which originates deeper in the abdomen and tends to be diffuse.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021

The roots of women’s fury can be diffuse.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2019

In a way it's harder, because the crowd's more likely to be diffuse, coming in and out.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2013

In this period gummata form, or there may be diffuse infiltration of various parts of the body, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the bones, skin and other tissues, nervous diseases, and so on.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley




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