as in diffuseness
the use of too many words to express an idea
the author's tendency toward diffusion makes the novel a tedious read
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Recent Examples of diffusion
Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
Inference costs are also now a major pressure point—one that may significantly slow AI diffusion across large enterprises.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Trump himself appeared to acknowledge a diffusion of power in Iran as a result of the American-Israeli assassination campaign.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Three criteria − depth, diffusion, and duration – need to be met individually to some degree to formally identify a recession, according to the NBER.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
Inference costs are also now a major pressure point—one that may significantly slow AI diffusion across large enterprises.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Trump himself appeared to acknowledge a diffusion of power in Iran as a result of the American-Israeli assassination campaign.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Three criteria − depth, diffusion, and duration – need to be met individually to some degree to formally identify a recession, according to the NBER.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diffusion
Noun
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The action itself is mundane, almost aggressively ordinary, yet the repetition becomes psychologically adhesive.—
Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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Harris adapted Is God Is from her play of the same name, and the theatrical spirit lives on in the film through the rhythm and repetition of the dialogue.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.—
Gary Gilson,
Star Tribune,
31 Oct. 2020
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“Diffusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffusion. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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