suffuse
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My guess: The benefits of AI for human decision-making will rapidly suffuse society, while the agent revolution—AIs free to act on their own—will be a lot slower in coming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
With each breath, we suffuse our bodies with oxygen-rich air that keeps our organs and tissues healthy and working properly -- and without oxygen, we can survive mere minutes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Baumbach runs with their children’s antic energy and lets it suffuse other parts of his film, animating even the story’s more difficult third part with humor and affection that reflect the book’s tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
They would form a ring around him, holding each other by the hand, trying to suffuse him with their healing fluids, but that too failed to endow Nicolas with mental powers.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Ms. Brown’s Erica tries to mediate the tension that suffuses the house, while Mr. Braithwaite’s Leni has a cool humor that also helps ease the fraught dynamic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
A similar patience suffuses this scene and others like it, none of which feel like means to an obvious dramatic end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
As the chicken roasts, the paste blends with the rendered fat from the skin and suffuses the meat with rich, complex flavors.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Unease about Mr. Biden’s age suffuses Democratic circles.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
The heavenly spheres are slowly spinning in their places, making a music that suffuses the cosmos.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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They looked suffused with happiness, and the glow of victory.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
But rearing children is like a long baseball season suffused with an endless series of balls, strikes, hits and misses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Consider all that has happened in the past six months to erase the bearish sentiment that suffused our spring survey—and Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
In this welcoming new context — imagine “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” suffused with girl power — there’s never anything odd about the characters grinding and wailing like karaoke superstars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025
The air was stale and still, suffused with the scent of rotten peaches, horse excrement, and partially combusted Illinois anthracite.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Shalit became a popular fixture in American households from the 1970s through to his retirement in 2010, stylistically standing out with his thick-framed spectacles, polkadot bowties and frizzed hair, suffusing his segments with pun-filled wordplay.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
As you chew, the cardamom bits send out little bolts of flavor, suffusing the cake with a lovely scent of spice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
And that intense, buttery scent suffusing the journalist Emma Specter’s apartment in Austin, Texas?
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
And curiously, this isn't the first time in history that suffusing nationalism and the concept of property into science caused irreversible harm.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2021
Then, while Matt watched with delight and pride suffusing his face, she unfolded it and held it to the window light.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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