1
as in to transmit
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
a teacher who is able to transfuse his enthusiasm and passion for history to his students
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as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
light transfused the room as the sun rose
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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.
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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
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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
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Windows are a huge factor in whether a home burns down, because so much heat is transmitted through them.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Garcia transmitted the cash in four installments and charged an under-the-table fee of $50 for each wire.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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One system fans can follow is the COLD system, as explained by doctors in the Sports Medicine and Performance Center at the University of Kansas Health System: Clean: clean clothes avoid dirt or moisture that could allow the wind and cold to penetrate.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2025
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For decades, scientists have been using large drills to penetrate Arctic ice sheets and extract columns of ice up to 11,000 feet long.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Jan. 2025
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Those funds went toward identifying and responding to health emergencies and stopping disease threats from spreading across borders, according to the WHO’s website.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Santa Ana winds, which are high-speed winds that blow from the mountains to the coast in California, could spread these devastating blazes further.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Someone is behind the camera, a person whose presence quietly suffuses the poem.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Whatever the noble title, Cronenberg wore the moniker with the same winking irony that suffuses so much of his work – using genre as a kind of Trojan horse to get his unique vision to travel.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2024
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Here, the researchers focused on the three fingers of the protein structure that gave this group its name.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
15 Jan. 2025
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His son, who had drifted away from art, was given the chance to complete it. 10 Best Books of 2024: The staff of The New York Times Book Review has chosen the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Hugs and beaming smiles permeated the halls outside the Commanders’ locker room.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Counterfeit pills — made to look like prescription medications, but that actually contain fentanyl — have been permeating the illicit drug market and are of increasing concern.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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The decision to erect the statue could convey as much about the current regime’s views of national power and state control, observers suggested at the time.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Words may fall short when portraying the shock, trauma and cognitive dissonance, but when words fail, there are images, objects and sensual immersion that can convey a perception of what happened and how the Nova festival community has come together for healing and hope.—
Karen-Janine Cohen,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2025
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Anne spent over a year communicating with the scammers, according to a France 24 report.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Its biggest release thus far is a protocol—the rules that devices use to communicate with one another—which is freely available and which promises to give users more autonomy over their online identities and experiences.—
Clare Malone,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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