as in suffuses
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervades
The pathos of being a veep pervades Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir 107 Days.
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october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
As storytellers, Supergiant have defined their own personal tone that pervades their body work, stretching from games like Bastion to Pyre.
—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
Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
As storytellers, Supergiant have defined their own personal tone that pervades their body work, stretching from games like Bastion to Pyre.
—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
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What starts as a plush gel, lathers into a rich foam that penetrates deep to remove all traces of residue.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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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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And that kind of knowledge, which gets passed down and permeates down through the generations, would be very difficult to replicate quickly.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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“Pervades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervades. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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