as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeate
Sharply rising oil prices and sudden shortages of critical materials such as fertilizer can quickly permeate an economy and cause all kinds of goods and services to increase in price while sapping precious household income.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
The European weapon permeated swiftly into American pop culture.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
How George Pickens’ tag situation applies The big question that has permeated already through the Cowboys’ offseason is when the team will get a long-term deal done for Pickens.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
But the main part of a fungus is actually its mycelium, a tangled, cobweb-like structure that permeates the forest’s leaf litter and soil.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
The European weapon permeated swiftly into American pop culture.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
How George Pickens’ tag situation applies The big question that has permeated already through the Cowboys’ offseason is when the team will get a long-term deal done for Pickens.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
But the main part of a fungus is actually its mycelium, a tangled, cobweb-like structure that permeates the forest’s leaf litter and soil.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeate
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That men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are entrusted with businesses of tectonic influence can be difficult to understand, but their cults of personality have been able to survive scrutiny, perhaps because the money itself is too imposing a firewall for their own stupidity to penetrate.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2026
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The furry white marsupials, which waddle back into remote areas — places where humans would not otherwise set foot — are almost like spies penetrating the secret lives of pythons.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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The galleries were suffused with the tang of iron and old cum.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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It’s known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, and is made up of the light that was released when the hot, dense plasma that suffused the early universe cooled enough to form hydrogen atoms.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sure, there’s an air of elegance that pervades with guests often embodying that quiet luxury vibe, but that doesn’t spoil the authenticity of the resort, which is a destination for those seeking a blend of sun, sand and sophistication—no matter what designer label your shoes happen to be.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
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Maybe her most important one is the raw sentimentality that pervades even seemingly vapid moments.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Permeate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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