pervaded

past tense of pervade

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Recent Examples of pervaded Fear over airstrikes on Iran, which pervaded many conversations with locals during the war, has evaporated. Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Uncertainty pervaded the potential visit, according to the person, with the region on edge over the war in Iran. Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 June 2026 And extra-institutional efforts to install public art, murals, and historical markers pervaded all fifty states. Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Shakespeare’s genius is as evident in The Merchant of Venice, which is pervaded by anti-Semitism, as in his other work. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 Though outlawed from competition, the technology pervaded the festival in every other way. Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 23 May 2026 The feeling of pieces that have been worn for years, a manifestation of the secondhand market boom, also pervaded the predictions. James Manso, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026 Oil slid as risk-averse sentiment pervaded global markets and investors digested fresh developments in US-Iran tensions that continue to cloud the supply outlook. Mia Gindis, Bloomberg, 11 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervaded
Verb
  • The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
  • Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • If the droppings have penetrated the paint itself, however, wet sanding or repainting may be necessary.
    Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
  • Karlsson claimed that she was later taken to meet Marie in Paris, who allegedly digitally penetrated her.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Prediction markets have permeated the worlds of sports, politics, and reality television shows.
    Elaine Chen, STAT, 16 July 2026
  • All these features also permeated the air in the last giddy days of 1999.
    James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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“Pervaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervaded. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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