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suffuse

[suh-fyooz] / səˈfjuz /


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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

For every kilogram of matter that we can see -- from the computer on your desk to distant stars and galaxies -- there are 5 kilograms of invisible matter that suffuse our surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024

The super-bloom was just beginning to suffuse wide swaths of the slopes in purple and orange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Ethos will suffuse all that follows, logos and pathos alike.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

And if “Killers” miscalibrates its balance of perspectives, it also discovers, in the luminous recesses of Gladstone’s performance, a quality of contemplation that beautifully suffuses and modulates Scorsese’s faster, more frenetic rhythms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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

Your Atman will fly from the web of human desire and join the collective consciousness—the infinite soul that suffuses the universe, at once everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Some worry that students will be unprepared for AI-powered research work in graduate school and the workforce unless their undergraduate years have been suffused by AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

They looked suffused with happiness, and the glow of victory.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Instead, her film is suffused with a rich, casual immediacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

American life has become suffused with the results of his self-aggrandizement.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

The joy was so general and so suffused that Mack had a hard time keeping it centered and aimed at its objective.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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

From them, Lovato learned to throw her body into her otherwise supple voice, suffusing every peak and valley of a song with a magnitude fitting for rock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

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

A group of more interest appeared near the hearth, sitting still amidst the rosy peace and warmth suffusing it.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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