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as in to transmit
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
a teacher who is able to transfuse his enthusiasm and passion for history to his students
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as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
light transfused the room as the sun rose
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Recent Examples of transfuse
In the first eight months of Fort Worth’s blood program, paramedics have transfused more than 150 units of blood into 140 patients, according to data as of mid-December.
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Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Blood has been transfused from one greatest player to the next over multiple generations, and Cam is next in line.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Cam is injected with unknown serums, blood gets transfused and pocket-passing drills turn grisly.
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Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
In the United States, doctors transfuse more than 14 million units of blood each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 June 2025
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Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Blood has been transfused from one greatest player to the next over multiple generations, and Cam is next in line.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Cam is injected with unknown serums, blood gets transfused and pocket-passing drills turn grisly.
—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
In the United States, doctors transfuse more than 14 million units of blood each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 June 2025
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In the clinical setting, Busbee said, physical therapists use different size electrodes for various parts of the body, attached to a machine that transmits an electrical current to the electrodes.
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SpaceX is set to build a new economy in low Earth orbit, expanding its current Starlink telecommunications constellation and adding orbital AI data centers and even wirelessly transmitted solar power from space.
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Education officials visited the company’s headquarters to see how the product worked and found that bullets did not penetrate the glass.
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Israel has a long track record of targeting senior Iranian military officers and government officials and successfully penetrating the Iranian regime’s security.
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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If using grounds, apply in 1 to 2-inch deep layers and make sure the coffee is spread in an unbroken line so slugs and snails won’t cross it.
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His brow is porcelain-smooth and suffused with light, his locks glossy and curled, his nose straight and regular.
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The seductive serenity of the Alps on a sunny day suffused the scene.
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When this place is eventually gone — a phrase that feels truly bizarre given the environment this summer and the half-century preceding it — the lasting images will be the seas of red.
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Officials advise the public to give bears space and not let pets bother them.
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Whatever juju, imagined or self-made, permeating throughout the Braves’ roster over the last few weeks was exorcised Wednesday.
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Advertisement The captain’s drive has permeated to the entire team.
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This unvarnished, no-nonsense authenticity helps explain Aguirre’s relatability with players and his ability to convey his instructions.
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Impressive statistics that, in no way, fully conveyed how thoroughly the second-year guard out of Florida dominated the Lakers on Friday.
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Rob Manfred blames the Giants for not properly communicating.
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Streamline your schedule, communicate your limits and complete the most important task before adding three more to the list.
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“Transfuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfuse. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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