as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeate
The interior showcases premium materials and high-end finishes, with Pininfarina’s signature elegance permeating the spaces throughout.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Her positive energy permeates through her team and, when the games are at Target Center — as will be the case again for Game 2 on Tuesday — the entire building.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
For a soft, diffused glow, opt for a linen or paper shade that allows light to permeate the material.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Her positive energy permeates through her team and, when the games are at Target Center — as will be the case again for Game 2 on Tuesday — the entire building.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
For a soft, diffused glow, opt for a linen or paper shade that allows light to permeate the material.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeate
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The name of the series has also penetrated the cultural lexicon as a way to refer to someone who has been deceptive about their identity online.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Potatoes are dense, and the salt has to penetrate a lot of mass to make it to their centers.—
Molly Baz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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The film certainly steers clear of Emmerichian overdrive, but it is suffused with hopelessness — on both an intimate and an epic scale.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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But the hot gas that suffused the space between the galaxies in each cluster would have crashed head-on.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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As storytellers, Supergiant have defined their own personal tone that pervades their body work, stretching from games like Bastion to Pyre.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Attachment theory pervades an institution that seems fixated on severing teens’ bonds with parents who are invariably discovered to be, if not complete monsters, at least ill-suited for the task of caring for their own children.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Permeate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeate. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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