percolate (into)

verb

Definition of percolate (into)next
as in to penetrate
to spread throughout the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for percolate (into)
  1. penetrate
  2. suffuse
  3. permeate
  4. pervade
Verb
  • Advanced blue-green optical communications penetrate the water column to communicate with submerged submarines without requiring them to deploy compromise-prone antennas.
    — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This radiation does not penetrate the living tissue like longer-wavelength UV radiation.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of penetrate
Verb
  • This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The spikes suffuse the air with a hard to describe but palpable dread.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of suffuse
Verb
  • With artificial intelligence permeating nearly every aspect of life, therapists are seeing more people expressing anxiety about the technology.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Two years later, politics had permeated our homes, our friendships, our classrooms, our morgues.
    — Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of permeate
Verb
  • In fact, a throwback to traditional Chinese spirituality and Western New Age practices pervades much of the town.
    — Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Kors hopes animal print will pervade the blue carpet, with an emphasis on comfort.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of pervade
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“Percolate (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolate%20%28into%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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