as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervade
Fear now pervades the refugee community, Fanning said.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
The laws are in response to AI that already pervades everyday life.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
But even as anxiety pervades New Orleans and the Twin Cities, politicians and community members in both areas have expressed a drive to push back against the immigration blitz and protect their neighbors.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
In fact, that’s an issue that pervades the entirety of the demo.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
The laws are in response to AI that already pervades everyday life.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
But even as anxiety pervades New Orleans and the Twin Cities, politicians and community members in both areas have expressed a drive to push back against the immigration blitz and protect their neighbors.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
In fact, that’s an issue that pervades the entirety of the demo.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
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Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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Its pages are suffused with love for her mother and for the myriad anonymous Chinese sources and academics who help Chang in researching her historical projects — and suffered blowback as a result.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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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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Living on location throughout the shoot fostered a rare level of trust and intimacy that permeates every frame.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
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The modern digital landscape is dominated by warring platforms and constantly changing monetization schemes, leaving the average consumer with a daily scroll permeated by ads, slop, and the same six viral videos that have been circulating for years.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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