as in suffusing
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeating
The project was about permeating the masses, gradually lulling them with propaganda.
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Brownlee, too, acknowledged the sense of anxiety permeating her team of climbers.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Talks of new philosophies — and new head coaches — are permeating the news cycle.
—Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
While filmmakers acknowledge the historic momentum of their national cinema on the international stage, many have voiced concern that the sense of victory might obscure the very real issues still permeating the industry.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
PBHs have also been considered as a possible constituent of dark matter, the invisible matter permeating the universe that outweighs normal matter by a factor of about five.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
The sauce gets the zest and juice of a whole lemon to brighten it all up, plus a spoonful of white miso melts in for a permeating savoriness.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
And daily posts in community Facebook groups signaled the taste and odor problem wasn’t isolated to businesses, but permeating people’s homes.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
The film set in the 15th century is certainly not short on atmosphere, thanks to its location shooting in Cornwall and enough fog permeating the proceedings to set off asthma attacks among vulnerable audience members.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Brownlee, too, acknowledged the sense of anxiety permeating her team of climbers.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Talks of new philosophies — and new head coaches — are permeating the news cycle.
—Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
While filmmakers acknowledge the historic momentum of their national cinema on the international stage, many have voiced concern that the sense of victory might obscure the very real issues still permeating the industry.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
PBHs have also been considered as a possible constituent of dark matter, the invisible matter permeating the universe that outweighs normal matter by a factor of about five.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
The sauce gets the zest and juice of a whole lemon to brighten it all up, plus a spoonful of white miso melts in for a permeating savoriness.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
And daily posts in community Facebook groups signaled the taste and odor problem wasn’t isolated to businesses, but permeating people’s homes.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
The film set in the 15th century is certainly not short on atmosphere, thanks to its location shooting in Cornwall and enough fog permeating the proceedings to set off asthma attacks among vulnerable audience members.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeating
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Sheriff’s deputies even used ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs to search Ruben Flores’ Arroyo Grande property in 2021.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Susan Flores’ Arroyo Grande home has been searched multiple times during the 30-year investigation, but Parkinson said there have since been advances in the soil science and the ground-penetrating radar investigators are now using to scour the property.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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But the office’s pervading atmosphere of hard work and quiet focus felt uncannily similar to its big-screen analog.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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If there’s cleverness to the way Lindsay-Abaire keeps passing the buck of hypocrisy between the members of the neighborhood association, there’s also a pervading sense of decorum that limits how far the satire can go.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Permeating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeating. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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