as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Though Abuja claims to be ramping up its campaign against radical militias, hundreds of people have been killed or kidnapped so far this year, underscoring the lawlessness that pervades swaths of the country.
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semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
But the art of Violette and his cohort tapped into a deeper disillusionment, the kind of corrosive cynicism that pervades a culture in which any sense of possibility for a non-horrifying future has been foreclosed.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
That concept caused many white people’s lives to be pervaded by both actual violence and the fear of it.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Some 35 times more energetic than any neutrino seen before, the particle might have shot out from a highly active galaxy — a blazar — or a background source of cosmogenic high-energy particles that scientists suspect pervade the cosmos.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
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semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
But the art of Violette and his cohort tapped into a deeper disillusionment, the kind of corrosive cynicism that pervades a culture in which any sense of possibility for a non-horrifying future has been foreclosed.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
That concept caused many white people’s lives to be pervaded by both actual violence and the fear of it.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Some 35 times more energetic than any neutrino seen before, the particle might have shot out from a highly active galaxy — a blazar — or a background source of cosmogenic high-energy particles that scientists suspect pervade the cosmos.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
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For months, an uncanny sense of calm suffused the forest.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The notion that Social Security faces a shortfall suffuses the national conversation about preparing for retirement.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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By then, Israeli intelligence had planted a bomb in a Revolutionary Guards guest house that, in addition to killing the political leader of Hamas in Gaza, also demonstrated its ability to penetrate the innermost sanctums of the Iranian regime.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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There may be multiple points where roots have penetrated.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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Sardonic uncertainties about the solvency of the American Dream permeate every scene.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Ideas of inclusion and diversity also permeate everyday institutions, including schools, universities, foundations, nonprofits, and corporations.—
Kenji Yoshino,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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