Thesaurus results for FILLS (UP)

fills (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of fill (up)

as in passes (into)

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On average, a single Rooral guest infuses about $1,765 into the local economy each month.

— Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
The inaugural effort was vanilla ice cream swirled with pistachio cream and bits of Meyer lemon shortbread, but the current iteration infuses hochija tea into the ice cream base with a crunchy black sesame swirl.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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The full-bodied physicality with which delas Alas imbues her performance turns such punishingly poignant bits into the stuff of boisterous spectacle.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Spiritual philosopher Alan Watts is mentioned in Past the Veil’s press release, and Lay imbues these axioms with profundity like only the best teachers can.

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026

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This attitude pervades the report’s approach to AI, which largely buys into the biggest hype imaginable.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
For all the ways politics pervades modern life, political deep-dives on television are actually rare, reduced to the occasional documentary or longform cable news piece.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

Definition of pervades

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No matter what people think about the party out of power, the level of waste, fraud, corruption and incompetence that permeates our state government should make voters consider something new in November.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
This bias permeates leadership advice, often leading to over-complication.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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