diffuse
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Nutrients must travel through cells, proteins need to fold correctly, and molecules constantly diffuse through watery environments.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
Futures markets later sprang up to help diffuse risk and smooth over volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
That effort might also diffuse some tension caused by the addition of transitional kindergarten, which took away many 4-year-olds from an already struggling child-care industry, Fuller said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
It defers it to a moment when Iran’s alternative financial infrastructure is more mature, more diffuse, and more difficult to address than it is today.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
Guilt rises in me hard and fast and I feel my head bobbing up and down reflexively, trying to diffuse a situation that’s going downhill fast.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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