as in suffused
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervaded
From there, kabocha likely pervaded other parts of Asia through trade.
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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
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
The light from the rhinestones and diamond jewelry pervaded the tub.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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
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
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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But will this common sense prevail in an era suffused with division and mutual political loathing?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The film certainly steers clear of Emmerichian overdrive, but it is suffused with hopelessness — on both an intimate and an epic scale.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The victim told her father that Bautista had penetrated her with his finger on two occasions, according to prosecutors.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Poland requested Article 4 consultations with NATO after Russian drones penetrated its airspace and that of Romania in separate incidents earlier this month.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All of space was permeated by a roiling plasma.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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Theories about the end of the world have permeated for decades.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Pervaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervaded. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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