as in suffused
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeated
Still, a second-generation Jewish American sensibility permeated Caesar’s shows—not just in Yiddish tossed into barbarous tongues but in the pervasive mood of streetwise distrust.
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David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Systems thinking, which involves looking at a problem not in isolation but as part of a larger, more complex ecosystem, has also permeated both the accelerator program and the broader remit of H&M Foundation itself.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Initially, physicists envisioned inflation as a cold process that involved energy fields that permeated all of space.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Devices have permeated all aspects of sleep, Paruthi said.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Top-of-the-line technology has permeated every aspect of our lives, fashion choices included.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
The event had seemingly permeated the entire town.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
The smells of urine and bat poop permeated.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
The venue’s intimacy, coupled with a more informal, speakeasy vibe, permeated an award ceremony that was notable for its moments of laughter and easy congeniality.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Systems thinking, which involves looking at a problem not in isolation but as part of a larger, more complex ecosystem, has also permeated both the accelerator program and the broader remit of H&M Foundation itself.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Initially, physicists envisioned inflation as a cold process that involved energy fields that permeated all of space.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Devices have permeated all aspects of sleep, Paruthi said.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Top-of-the-line technology has permeated every aspect of our lives, fashion choices included.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
The event had seemingly permeated the entire town.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
The smells of urine and bat poop permeated.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
The venue’s intimacy, coupled with a more informal, speakeasy vibe, permeated an award ceremony that was notable for its moments of laughter and easy congeniality.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeated
Verb
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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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His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When an autopsy was conducted on Campbell, it was discovered that seven of the 11 stab wounds penetrated her heart.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists have successfully penetrated the symbols and restored eroded passages to find the queen.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 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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“Permeated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeated. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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