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Ben Okri’s foreword to “The Inheritors” is evocative but diffuse; Marlon James, writing on “Pincher Martin,” is inclined to impose his own rhetorical energy on the text.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

This pattern was the reverse of changes commonly associated with aging, when neural tracts tend to become more diffuse.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 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

Conversely, Eurasian crops that were first domesticated far from the Fertile Crescent but at the same latitudes were able to diffuse back to the Fertile Crescent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

“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

She discovered that while gadolinium diffuses everywhere, the diamond nanoparticles stayed in the blood vessels, didn't leak out and later shone brightly in the MRI, just as they had done in the gelatin capsules.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 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

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

“Oprah’s Favorite Things was a phenomenon because of how trusted Oprah was, so it really is that same phenomenon, just diffused across the creator ecosystem.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025

I’d had people over in college, but those gatherings had a kind of beautiful chaos to them — less expectations, diffused by more group effort.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

When she lit the gas, there was a soft diffused light without glare.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

"These companies begin by diffusing trust in the medical and pharmaceutical industry, advertising themselves as a safer option, highlighting how GLP-1 medications are more dangerous and encouraging using ‘natural’ alternatives."

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

A fact further diffusing potential problems of conflict resolution in tribes is that almost everyone is related to everyone else, by blood or marriage or both.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond