diffuse

Third, Chandra detected only very weak diffuse X-ray emission.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

An attempt to detonate or diffuse the bomb failed, so Officer Brian Murray and three others were lowered into the crater.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

"A formal hierarchy still remains in Tehran, but in practice, power and authority are likely exercised in a more fragmented and diffuse manner," said Sabet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Furthermore, DWP will be unable to fully eliminate theft given the diffuse nature of the DWP system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

He believed that a large number of worlds had formed spontaneously out of diffuse matter in space, evolved and then decayed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“Staying in the boat diffuses the anger in the room,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

They’re also less likely to be cultivated in complete monocultures than oil palms, which diffuses their impact on surrounding ecosystems.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024

Dunst diffuses the moment by adopting an exaggerated Valley girl sing-song, “I basically fell in love with Cailee and I was like, ‘She’s the best, you need to work with her.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

It borrows an idea from physics that can be used to describe, for instance, how gas diffuses outward.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

The square of sunshine moves, diffuses, grows faint yellow.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Xu and team argue that any systems breakthrough or efficiency gains are diffused quickly across the ecosystem.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 16, 2026

Minnesota’s missing treasurer produced a costly lesson about what happens when financial authority is diffused and accountability disappears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

Now it does get diffused in the end, after the sheriffs come in and convince the young guys to go home.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024

Of course there are still parades of contention, but this situation has by-in-large been completely diffused.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024

But because the light travels such a long distance, the magic in it is fragile and diffused, stretched into the most delicate of threads.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Add to this growing critical mineral-processing capacity, vast AI training data generated by India’s large population, and the potential role of Indian IT companies in diffusing AI to less technologically advanced economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Participants will be working on shared language for annexes covering child protection, AI security and governance and diffusing AI through economies -- especially to small and medium firms.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Every time you say, “Let them,” even if it’s after the outburst, you’re still diffusing the emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

With that key narrative element out in the open, the movie’s beats are all too easy to predict, diffusing what little humor there was left to garner from its meager amount of twists.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025

Like a ghost diffusing through the veil of the world.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor