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 increase is a little more than the 25 percent forecast by analysts, and comes with assurances by labor and social security minister Vedat Isikhan that the increase would help more than a third of the working population, which is at minimum wage, and will permeate across sectors.
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Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 31 Dec. 2025
Hotness anchors itself in the ground and permeates out from the middle of the chest.
—Caroline Rothstein, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
This works because the soap’s fragrance gently permeates the space, keeping your clothes fresh and clean.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
His presence permeates so much of physics as a whole, from the Hubble Space Telescope and Hubble's Law to the Hubble Constant and resulting Hubble Tension.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 31 Dec. 2025
Hotness anchors itself in the ground and permeates out from the middle of the chest.
—Caroline Rothstein, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
This works because the soap’s fragrance gently permeates the space, keeping your clothes fresh and clean.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
His presence permeates so much of physics as a whole, from the Hubble Space Telescope and Hubble's Law to the Hubble Constant and resulting Hubble Tension.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeate
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The watershed also is situated on relatively flat, low-lying and porous terrain, enabling higher tides to penetrate deeper into the freshwater marshes through the vast network of canals that holds the watershed together.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Massaging it into the scalp helps stimulate circulation and allows the product to penetrate more effectively.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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One of the great pleasures of anime is that its unabashed, rollicky genre pieces are often suffused with grand, but not grandiose, sociopolitical commentary — a heady combination that many similar pictures can’t pull off.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Smith suffuses the book with a kind of clinical detachment, even as the dread mounts with each page.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Reference to lynchings pervaded the cases arising from the roundup.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Permeate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeate. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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