diffusing

present participle of diffuse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for diffusing
Verb
  • Whether the Supreme Court fires this blast or not, Republicans need to be aware that breaking up majority-minority districts, and dispersing those voters into neighboring districts to dilute their voting power, may well make those neighboring districts less safe for Republican incumbents.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Several local agencies from neighboring towns were called in to assist in dispersing the unruly crowd, and no injuries were reported among the officers.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Palantir has an obvious commercial interest in dispelling public fears about AI, Karp framed his commitment to the project as something important for society.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Later, Huse would go on to trace the sandwich’s origins to Cuba — dispelling the myth that it was created in Tampa.
    Gabrielle Calise, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The official reason is that the latter is 20x more efficient at dissipating heat than titanium, but cost might be the real reason.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With a pressure resistance of up to 370 Newtons—which is around 37 times higher than standard memory cards—the cards should survive heavy impacts while also better dissipating thermal buildup during extended shooting sessions.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The follow-up to Obsidian Entertainment’s excellent action RPG The Outer Worlds brings the space-faring adventure to a new setting with a new cast of characters, but with the same emphasis on branching story paths based on how players interact with the game’s NPCs.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Developers should be able to reconstruct task graphs showing the sequence of agent decisions, branching logic and results.
    Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lights appeared up ahead, radiating energy like celestial bodies.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of sound radiating out at all angles, the sound is redirected by solid glass upwards to initially dissipate vertically instead of horizontally.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Diffusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffusing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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