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imbue

[im-byoo] / ɪmˈbju /


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Unsettling to many, beloved by more, he refused to explain his work, allowing and challenging his audience to parse through it and imbue their own meanings and discoveries.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Though often confined to a wheelchair, his eyesight failing, he managed to imbue everything he did with the same urgency and ebullience that had marked his work for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

While eager to imbue him with reverential status, the Party is simultaneously wary that almost any discussion of Mao's legacy could rake up uncomfortable memories.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

"Artificial intelligence lacks feelings and memories; in short, it has no nafas... It can't imbue it into food."

From Barron's Nov. 30, 2025

“No harm will come to it. I may be suffering from brand-fly poison, but I can still imbue a charm or two.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Part of that healing process will involve leaning into the humor tat Dodd imbues in his delivery.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Great TV imbues its fiction with a soul, coaxing us to view fully crafted characters as beings of flesh and blood, or constructed unscripted scenarios as truth.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

Beacon imbues its portfolio companies with a central AI-enabled operating system to help them deeply analyze their businesses; the goal is to find tasks to automate, raise productivity and grow profit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Ms. Rose imbues Kyra with a warm graciousness but also a firm will.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

The minister can render a service when he imbues his people with the highest ideals of business morality.

From Church Cooperation in Community Life by Paul L. (Paul Leroy) Vogt

Some offices or Cabinet posts are just imbued with more power than others.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

"Human conversations are imbued with background assumptions that give meaning and relevance to the words being used," Denning explains.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

The result is a society imbued with ignorance, indifference and even disdain for individuals wrestling with intersecting challenges of aging and cognitive impairment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

"Ilaiyaraaja's arrival was a watershed moment. It was an intervention by a person from an entirely different social and aesthetic background who had imbued a distinct aural soundscape," says TM Krishna, a celebrated Carnatic musician.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

It also imbued the sport with an aura of elitism that has lingered to this day.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Halle Berry feels like a big sister, always imbuing a bit of sagacity but distinct youthfulness into every film she does.

From Salon May 10, 2026

For one thing, the display is shaped like a conventional mirror, imbuing it with the comfort of the familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

The series largely belongs to them — both actors are terrific, Shannon imbuing Garfield with a gravity leavened with kindness and humor, Macfadyen’s Guiteau, optimistically dedicated to his delusions yet always about to pop.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

After forging the blade, she had spent another three months using Transformation to engrave the weapon, imbuing it with its magical properties.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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