pervaded

past tense of pervade

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Recent Examples of pervaded And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 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
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
  • OpenAI reported that models being tested on a cybersecurity benchmark found a way out of an isolated environment, obtained internet access and penetrated Hugging Face infrastructure.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • All of these appeared to originate at boundaries between tiles, suggesting hot gas may have penetrated these boundaries.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • In addition to the candles, the smells of foxgloves, peonies, and birch permeated the space in floral arrangements done by Philippa Craddock.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The dark theme even permeated the kitchen, which featured a large black-and-white marble island surrounded by black cabinets.
    Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Pervaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervaded. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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