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as in infuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop
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as in penetrates
to spread throughout
a living room suffused with warm sunlight
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Recent Examples of suffuses
An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffuses
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Known for her vibrant and eclectic mix of painting, printmaking and sculpture, Rojas infuses her work with whimsical narratives and bold, geometric forms with Surrealist echoes.—
Amy Carleton,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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The hotel brings together renowned chefs such as Chef Olivier Piganiol, who infuses French flair into Blue Terrace with recipes inspired by his childhood, and Chef Takumi Kimura, who showcases refined Japanese techniques at HonZen.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The sun that hits the electric blinds hardly penetrates the room, the light dances on the walls, predictable yet never the same.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
11 Sep. 2025
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The sun’s light penetrates only a thousand yards down into the ocean.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Hoffman also imbues the character with an innocent, slippery charisma.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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The scene is a familiar one in these kinds of tales of regression, but Apatow imbues it with a tenderness.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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There is certainly a layer of ick that pervades this often gleeful depiction of the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik, and the media circus that followed.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
23 Aug. 2025
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Job insecurity pervades the industry, with 87% of workers describing their employment as unstable.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Norway took its oil wealth and built a sovereign wealth fund that invests around the globe, creating stability far beyond its petroleum era.—
Reid Rasner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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When a company invests deeply in technology while never losing sight of usability, the result is a professional and approachable tool.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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But after doing trainings across racial and ethnic lines, religious groups, and different regions of the state, Stein came to understand that stigma permeates every group, albeit at different intensities.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The state of alienation that permeates and infuses Camus’ prose is the missing ingredient here and, without it, Meursault cuts a very different figure — less adrift in ennui and more intentionally nihilistic.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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Cynthia Erivo returns as Elphaba with the kind of voice that fills a room and a presence that anchors a world.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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When you're stuck staring at a blank page, your brain fills the space with doubt.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Develop Character To Combat Cognitive Warfare Developing and strengthening character inoculates individuals.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Suffuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffuses. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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