Thesaurus results for PERMEATED

permeated

verb

past tense of permeate

as in suffused

to spread throughout the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house

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Recent Examples of permeated My work is more permeated by philosophical and spiritual questions. — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026 At first, the smell permeated the bedrooms, bringing with it sleepless nights. — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 In addition to the candles, the smells of foxgloves, peonies, and birch permeated the space in floral arrangements done by Philippa Craddock. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026 The dark theme even permeated the kitchen, which featured a large black-and-white marble island surrounded by black cabinets. — Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026 Despite being confined to her bed, covered in tubes, tangled in wires, despite being separated by gloves and masks and isolation gowns, our laughter permeated all those barriers. — Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026 In 2025, anxiety permeated Indianapolis as the All-Star Weekend kicked off a contentious period of CBA negotiations. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026 All these features also permeated the air in the last giddy days of 1999. — James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Advertisement The captain’s drive has permeated to the entire team. — Sean Gregory, Time, 1 July 2026

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After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Definition of suffused

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On August 7, the Oregon governor’s office confirmed hackers had penetrated the core control systems of an Oregon water district.

— John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
The Mughals were heavily outnumbered by the Afghans but had penetrated the opposing army from the side and rear, causing great losses in Hemu’s army.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

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As usual, that passion for both motorsport and motoring in general pervaded the show lawn, festooned with 218 cars from 14 different nations, all divided into nearly 30 classes.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

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