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as in to suffuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight
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as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place
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as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
invested him with power of attorney
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award
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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen
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as in to besiege
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell
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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
nightfall invested the land
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Recent Examples of invest
Although Jay was invested from day one, there’s kind of a weight to his investment now, which is really marked.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The report said the company invests from $110 to $200 million a year on operations in Connecticut and Maine.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
American industry will keep inventing and keep investing.
—Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Altogether, the city has invested a total of $70 million on projects that include the Las Olas Oceanside Park at A1A; the Las Olas Parking Garage; and the public promenade surrounding the marina.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The report said the company invests from $110 to $200 million a year on operations in Connecticut and Maine.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
American industry will keep inventing and keep investing.
—Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Altogether, the city has invested a total of $70 million on projects that include the Las Olas Oceanside Park at A1A; the Las Olas Parking Garage; and the public promenade surrounding the marina.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
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Daylight suffuses some spaces and is banished from others.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
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The oven’s smoke suffuses the flame-orange flesh of sweet, tiny beets piled in a quasi-salad atop a swoop of garlicky potato purée.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Mountain & Sackett’s influence is felt beyond traditional menswear, and gifting men who submit to the style and aesthetic.Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Blown coverages on defense, bad offensive possessions and missed free throws put the Kings within two late when the Lakers were gifted a chance to put the game away.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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This organic growth has enabled the company to scale without relying on traditional advertising.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The discovery was enabled by a citizen science website called Happywhale.com that allows professional biologists and casual whale watchers alike to upload photographs of a whale’s tale, also known as its fluke.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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One rumor covers a camera area clad in aluminum rather than glass, though it’s thought that the majority of the iPhone’s rear will still be made of glass.David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Onstage, clad in Punjabi attire, Diljit was charming and assured, his every smile and twirl of his mustache setting the crowd into a wave of applause and cheers.Richard Trapunski, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
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Over two years later, Akins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in November 2021.Emily Weaver, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Eno was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 as a member of Roxy Music.Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
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In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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The hero is a guy named Kash who valiantly rises to the defense of King Donald, who’s being besieged by Hillary Queenton.Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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The outlet also confirms that Criminal Minds wrapped filming on season 18 earlier this week.Gil Macias, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Sure, amid the flurry of finding gifts and wrapping everything elaborately, who has time to stack meringues and glue them together with buttercream?Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Back when successful broadcast sitcoms were primarily multicams with broad punchlines and characterizations, Lawrence was steering Scrubs through bouts of medical zaniness infused with heartbreak.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dubai Chocolate Bar Middle Eastern luxury in dessert form, this chocolate bar infused with saffron and cardamom brought global flavors to the forefront.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Invest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invest. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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