INTERPENETRATED Synonyms: 19 Similar Words

interpenetrated

verb

past tense of interpenetrate

as in suffused

to spread throughout with tie-dyeing, the dye does not interpenetrate the entire fabric

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Photograph by David Billet For years now, pop music has been suffused with a vague, or coded, malaise.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026

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The Biden administration designated Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization in 2024 following requests from Republicans who said the group’s members have penetrated the southern border.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
My recent Hartford Courant oped, described how OpenAI agents broke out of their test sandbox and as a coordinated group (swarm) penetrated Hugging Face, a research platform used by AI developers.

— John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026

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Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel Klara and the Sun, starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams, was developed years before AI arrived in full force and the discussion about its potential permeated Hollywood.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
The potential double jeopardy argument permeated pretrial court hearings, with prosecutors suggesting the defense was using delay tactics to invoke double jeopardy.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of permeated

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As usual, that passion for both motorsport and motoring in general pervaded the show lawn, festooned with 218 cars from 14 different nations, all divided into nearly 30 classes.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

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