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Recent Examples of transfuse Foran said her group has shortages of B-negative and O-negative, which is known as the universal blood type and the most commonly transfused when a patient's blood type is unknown. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024 The researchers took white blood cells from two girls with the disease, gave their cells the gene for making the missing enzyme, grew them to huge numbers, and transfused them back into the girls. Christopher Wills, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 The stations extracted valuable plasma from the farmers’ blood and pooled the leftover blood, which was then transfused back into villagers in need of the procedure. Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023 French doctor Jean-Baptiste Denys started transfusing sheep blood into humans in the late 1600s — and while a few recipients survived, many others died. Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for transfuse
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Verb
  • The actors, too, wore headsets, their quips, shouts and whispers transmitted digitally into the audience’s ears, at times alternating between the left and right earphones.
    Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Hopefully, yes, given that Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids, and thus spreads less easily than pathogens with respiratory transmission, such as measles, avian flu and coronaviruses.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Since most boar spears had cross-guard features near the spearhead, this was often used to trigger the gun once the spear had penetrated the prey.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Not so much playing laterally, two-gapping or even penetrating in gaps.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The American Heart Association recommends that adults get at least two and a half hours per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or an hour and 15 minutes per week of vigorous aerobic activity, or some combination of both, preferably spread throughout the week.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Shapiro, a Democrat, said Pennsylvania State Police woke him and his family at 2 a.m. to evacuate them as the fire spread.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album The music of the indie rock band Japanese Breakfast is suffused with longing.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
  • His dialogue was abundant and suffused with paradox and irony.
    Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Plenty even gave me their own kitty stories too.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But state lawmakers have been looking for ways to give citizens and communities more of a voice in the decisions, and are focusing efforts this spring on Senate Bill 78.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But in his 20 years coming back to this tournament, Rose’s chances to go on and convert for a win haven’t had an energy quite like the one that permeated the property Thursday afternoon.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The leaves of others on the list, such as creeping thyme and creeping rosemary, are infused with a scent that permeates the garden over the entire season.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hess, in his earlier films, displayed a refined sense of comic timing, of scenes that hold long enough and are framed cannily enough to convey a sense of wondrous observation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • What was important to you to convey about Saxon in that scene?
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hardy allegedly unknowingly communicated with undercover MPD officers via text message to organize handovers in a downtown parking garage.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Elisabetta Franchi communicates an aesthetic that is sellable.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Transfuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfuse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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