as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeate
New Age thinking has permeated all sorts of modern wellness movements, and suspicion about conventional medicine has powered MAHA’s ascendance.
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Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
The offensive line, Payton has repeated, permeates the building.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
Doors of hushed rooms swung open, and the celebration permeated deafening silence.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Woes permeated the batting order.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
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Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
The offensive line, Payton has repeated, permeates the building.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
Doors of hushed rooms swung open, and the celebration permeated deafening silence.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Woes permeated the batting order.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeate
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The Pentagon sees such weapons as a potential solution for penetrating advanced air-defense systems fielded by rivals such as China and Russia.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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The patched up, uneven Balboa Stadium track was so hard that regular artificial surface spikes had trouble penetrating it.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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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
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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
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The sweetness of the Deborah-Ava relationship eventually became a nice blanket in which Hacks swaddled its viewers, its cozy intent pervading not just the narrative but just about every other aspect of the show.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Yet, the sense of cognitive dissonance that pervades this space can feel blindingly hypocritical.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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“Permeate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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