as in suffused
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeated
As the bombardments intensified and expanded to more neighborhoods, the question of whether to leave permeated every conversation that Hadi had with his friends.
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Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Understanding these building blocks is key to reconstructing how the universe evolved from the fiery hot plasma that permeated space after the Big Bang to the structured web of galaxies observed today.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Movies are permeated with operatic tropes.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
In remarkably short order, gambling has permeated every nook and cranny of American life.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
While environmental documentaries have once heavily permeated doc festivals and streaming platforms, nowadays, war docs have taken up a lot of the space when talking about timely, urgent films.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Prior to the oil shock stemming from the war in Iran, the freight recession that has permeated the trucking industry for more than three years had continued to see promising signs of abating.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
The anxious impatience of being en route has permeated cootie catcher’s music since their earliest releases in 2021.
—Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 9 Mar. 2026
Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every part of daily American life.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Understanding these building blocks is key to reconstructing how the universe evolved from the fiery hot plasma that permeated space after the Big Bang to the structured web of galaxies observed today.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Movies are permeated with operatic tropes.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
In remarkably short order, gambling has permeated every nook and cranny of American life.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
While environmental documentaries have once heavily permeated doc festivals and streaming platforms, nowadays, war docs have taken up a lot of the space when talking about timely, urgent films.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Prior to the oil shock stemming from the war in Iran, the freight recession that has permeated the trucking industry for more than three years had continued to see promising signs of abating.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
The anxious impatience of being en route has permeated cootie catcher’s music since their earliest releases in 2021.
—Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 9 Mar. 2026
Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every part of daily American life.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeated
Verb
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Galaxies contain hundreds of millions of stars and are suffused in sparse, ambient clouds of gas and dust as well.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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Ever since, lines from the movies haveshaped our hopes and dreams and aspirations and have suffused our everyday conversations.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Although one bullet from the shooting penetrated the walls of Rihanna’s house, no one was injured in the incident — this includes Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky, and their three children; her mother; and two staff members who were present at the time.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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The shots allegedly came from a white Tesla parked across the street from the residence and at least one bullet penetrated the side of the house.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
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The feeling of pieces that have been worn for years, a manifestation of the secondhand market boom, also pervaded the predictions.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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That concept caused many white people’s lives to be pervaded by both actual violence and the fear of it.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Permeated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeated. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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