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Since then, he said the lack of an agreed-upon philosophy has diffused the movement as it’s grown.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

That look has diffused widely, and had even before Mr. Slimane took it up; it’s easy enough to come by at any number of vintage shops and mid-tier brands.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2018

Most institutional power has diffused since New York magazine published those lists almost a half-century ago.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2017

Lauren Sherman, executive digital editor of Lucky magazine, thinks that the democratization of fashion has diffused identifiable trends.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2013

From this source, under the influences of our constitution and of our astonishing trade, it has diffused itself in different modifications through the whole country.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson