as in suffuses
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervades
As storytellers, Supergiant have defined their own personal tone that pervades their body work, stretching from games like Bastion to Pyre.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Attachment theory pervades an institution that seems fixated on severing teens’ bonds with parents who are invariably discovered to be, if not complete monsters, at least ill-suited for the task of caring for their own children.
—Judy Berman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Either way, those quotation marks are the first signs of a cynicism that pervades Reza’s project, now expanding to enshroud this whole production.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
There’s a clunkiness that pervades the entire enterprise.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Job insecurity pervades the industry, with 87% of workers describing their employment as unstable.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Attachment theory pervades an institution that seems fixated on severing teens’ bonds with parents who are invariably discovered to be, if not complete monsters, at least ill-suited for the task of caring for their own children.
—Judy Berman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Either way, those quotation marks are the first signs of a cynicism that pervades Reza’s project, now expanding to enshroud this whole production.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
There’s a clunkiness that pervades the entire enterprise.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Job insecurity pervades the industry, with 87% of workers describing their employment as unstable.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervades
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An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The oil penetrates your skin quickly and can help soothe dry, irritated skin.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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Salicylic acid penetrates deep into the pores to dissolve away acne-causing debris, while coddling the skin barrier with a cocktail of ceramides and niacinamide.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Her positive energy permeates through her team and, when the games are at Target Center — as will be the case again for Game 2 on Tuesday — the entire building.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Pervades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervades. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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