PERCOLATES (INTO) Synonyms: 19 Similar Words

percolates (into)

verb

present tense third-person singular of percolate (into)

as in suffuses

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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But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.

— Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026

Definition of suffuses

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As space penetrates time, and time, rock-hard, penetrates space.

— Sheila Heti, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
Although humanity’s salvation may appear to come in fits and starts, God’s healing influence always penetrates and gets through callous self-righteousness and indifference.

— Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026

Definition of penetrates

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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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Even as culture permeates up from the internet, being around the corner is important.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
But translating that club success to something that permeates into the fabric of the sport back home requires a bigger moment — or movement.

— Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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