as in suffused
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervaded
With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.
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Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Reference to lynchings pervaded the cases arising from the roundup.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Soul remakes of classic hip-hop songs have since pervaded social media.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Labor actions have swept through two of the busiest ports in Northern Europe, further compounding the congestion that has pervaded in the region throughout 2025.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, kabocha likely pervaded other parts of Asia through trade.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The original Alien came out at the end of a decade defined in part by stagflation, corporate consolidation, globalism, and a general sense of cynicism that pervaded American culture.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Reference to lynchings pervaded the cases arising from the roundup.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Soul remakes of classic hip-hop songs have since pervaded social media.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Labor actions have swept through two of the busiest ports in Northern Europe, further compounding the congestion that has pervaded in the region throughout 2025.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, kabocha likely pervaded other parts of Asia through trade.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The original Alien came out at the end of a decade defined in part by stagflation, corporate consolidation, globalism, and a general sense of cynicism that pervaded American culture.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervaded
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One of the great pleasures of anime is that its unabashed, rollicky genre pieces are often suffused with grand, but not grandiose, sociopolitical commentary — a heady combination that many similar pictures can’t pull off.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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When an autopsy was conducted on Campbell, it was discovered that seven of the 11 stab wounds penetrated her heart.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists have successfully penetrated the symbols and restored eroded passages to find the queen.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Still, a second-generation Jewish American sensibility permeated Caesar’s shows—not just in Yiddish tossed into barbarous tongues but in the pervasive mood of streetwise distrust.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Systems thinking, which involves looking at a problem not in isolation but as part of a larger, more complex ecosystem, has also permeated both the accelerator program and the broader remit of H&M Foundation itself.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Pervaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervaded. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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