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It takes something diffuse — access to a vast collection of things you do not personally have to own — and renders it in the language of a grocery receipt.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Palo Alto also notched around 220 net “platformizations” during the quarter, referring to customers who upgrade diffuse cybersecurity measures into a single platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

When disturbed, it can be inhaled which can cause serious diseases and cancer, like diffuse mesothelioma.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

The result is that the C11 — an extension — has a more diffuse, jazzy, or impressionistic sound.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

“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

Last year, a device weighing 500kg was found and diffused near Gare du Nord in Paris, where rail workers were putting up a new bridge over railway lines.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

On “Quotidien,” the audience is seated in a circle around the stars, which calls for the studio lights to be spread out around them, creating a softer, more diffused effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 16, 2026

“Or other instances, in which their power has been so diffused among many districts for them so that it denies them the opportunity to exercise that power.”

From Salon ● May 25, 2024

When people are in a group, in other words, responsibility for acting is diffused.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

“The S&P and mega cap complex have felt strangely heavy without a great fundamental reason. Worth keeping in the back of the mind that some leverage/carry may simply be diffusing out of the system.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

To oversee this more complex economy, reformers turned to specialized bodies of experts and—echoing the founders’ instinct for diffusing power—insulated them from politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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

The tall trees stood fairly close together, diffusing the sunlight into a greenish glow laced with shadows.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull