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permeated

verb

past tense of permeate

as in suffused

to spread throughout the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house

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Recent Examples of permeated One wall was completely deconstructed, and the stench of cigarettes and space heaters permeated the air. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 Advertisement The captain’s drive has permeated to the entire team. — Sean Gregory, Time, 1 July 2026 The company’s methods have permeated baseball in hitting and pitching. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 18 June 2026 Soon, the war permeated the homes of millions of Americans — by television, radio and newspaper. — Kyana Moghadam, NPR, 9 June 2026 The project interviewed forty artists about their lives, their work, and how the AIDS crisis intersected and permeated both. — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026 An eye-watering, cough-inducing thick stench of burning plastic permeated Dodger Stadium on Sunday morning. — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026 And while it’s tended to be soccer WAGs that have permeated pop culture, in recent years, partners and spouses of tennis stars and basketball players have garnered attention for their fashions. — Vogue, 6 June 2026 Aside from Love Story, there isn’t another limited series this year that permeated the culture the way Adolescence or the first season of White Lotus did. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

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His brow is porcelain-smooth and suffused with light, his locks glossy and curled, his nose straight and regular.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
The seductive serenity of the Alps on a sunny day suffused the scene.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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While most of that warming occurs near the surface, measurements show heat has also penetrated to depths of roughly 3,000 meters over recent decades.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Ivory Coast has penetrated the box a bit more, but both sides have just one shot and zero on target.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026

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