be diffuse
Example Sentences
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For the more intangible cultural communities lost — like the music studios, rehearsal rooms and artists’ homes burned in both fires — recovery will be diffuse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Pain originating in the abdominal wall typically can be isolated to a specific spot; it is often overlooked and mistaken for visceral pain, which originates deeper in the abdomen and tends to be diffuse.
From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021
The roots of women’s fury can be diffuse.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2019
In a way it's harder, because the crowd's more likely to be diffuse, coming in and out.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2013
Enlarge, en-l�rj′, v.t. to make larger: to increase in size or quantity: to expand: to amplify discourse: to set free.—v.i. to grow large or larger: to be diffuse in speaking or writing: to expatiate.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
