as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervade
Fixing the flaws that pervade the current market is an opportunity that the 119th Congress should not let slip away.
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Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Implying that some can follow rules while others have no agency to do the same is nothing but the soft bigotry of low expectations and an abdication of a collective responsibility that can easily pervade the rest of the city.
—David Garten, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
It was directed by Jared Hess, best known for the eccentric indie film Napoleon Dynamite, whose sensibility pervades this production, financed by Iceland’s video game developer Mojang and its executives Torfi Frans Ólafsson and Vu Bui.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Next-generation radio telescopes are focusing not on the galaxies but on the neutral hydrogen that once pervaded all of space.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
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Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Implying that some can follow rules while others have no agency to do the same is nothing but the soft bigotry of low expectations and an abdication of a collective responsibility that can easily pervade the rest of the city.
—David Garten, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
It was directed by Jared Hess, best known for the eccentric indie film Napoleon Dynamite, whose sensibility pervades this production, financed by Iceland’s video game developer Mojang and its executives Torfi Frans Ólafsson and Vu Bui.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Next-generation radio telescopes are focusing not on the galaxies but on the neutral hydrogen that once pervaded all of space.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
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This is Kweller’s first new album since his sixteen-year-old son, Dorian, was killed in a car accident two years ago, and the song is suffused with grief, though not in a particularly explicit way.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Fifty-three industrial plants are invited to squat there, in the center of the city, and the smell of decomposition and putrefaction and acidification, a stew of sulfur, chlorine, lye, and ammonia, suffuses the air.—
Caroline Fraser
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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Part of identifying suspicious travelers relies on noticing behaviors such as fidgeting or having a penetrating stare, which government watchdogs and some lawmakers have criticized in the past as an unreliable basis for probable cause.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Research shows that castor oil's omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids may penetrate the hair follicle (found in the scalp) and provide nutrients that protect the hair.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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By now, The Simpsons has permeated our culture to the point where words the writers made up during the show’s first decade are entering the official lexicon.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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Fruit and ice-cream stalls also permeated the busy strip.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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