as in suffused
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervaded
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
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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
Following their first win of the season the night before, a much lighter mood pervaded the Twins clubhouse Wednesday morning despite a forecast full of rain.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
All that was needed was for temperatures between 250 and 350 kelvins (–23 and 77 degrees Celsius) to prevail within some of the gas clouds that pervaded the early universe.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
Strengthening our security also depends on addressing the subversive DEI ideology that has undermined our national unity and pervaded our culture.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
As a publisher, Bandai Namco has a deep bench of different classic IPs that have pervaded throughout the past several decades — games like Time Crisis, Pac-Man, and Ridge Racer; but not all of them have continued to get regular release.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Bangladesh’s logistics sector already dealt with plenty of distractions throughout 2024 as political unrest pervaded throughout the country.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
The light from the rhinestones and diamond jewelry pervaded the tub.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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
Following their first win of the season the night before, a much lighter mood pervaded the Twins clubhouse Wednesday morning despite a forecast full of rain.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
All that was needed was for temperatures between 250 and 350 kelvins (–23 and 77 degrees Celsius) to prevail within some of the gas clouds that pervaded the early universe.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
Strengthening our security also depends on addressing the subversive DEI ideology that has undermined our national unity and pervaded our culture.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
As a publisher, Bandai Namco has a deep bench of different classic IPs that have pervaded throughout the past several decades — games like Time Crisis, Pac-Man, and Ridge Racer; but not all of them have continued to get regular release.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Bangladesh’s logistics sector already dealt with plenty of distractions throughout 2024 as political unrest pervaded throughout the country.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
The light from the rhinestones and diamond jewelry pervaded the tub.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervaded
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His narration is a constant pleasure — mournful, wry, and suffused with a world-weary poetry.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Framed as cranks more than reasonable critics, the #FSGOut contingent have penetrated rather than defined the conversation around Liverpool since FSG took control in late 2010.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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My bullet had penetrated the neck between the jugular and the bone, missing the spine by a fraction.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
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The New York Fed noted that AI has still not permeated through the majority of companies in its survey.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The score, composed by a team led by Gerard K Marino, was cinematic in a way that replicated historical epics like Gladiator that permeated cinema at the time.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Pervaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervaded. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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