as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervade
Mitchell Arens’ cinematography simulates a fugue-like state that mirrors the vortex of grief that pervades through this heartrending film.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Concern about unreliable gas suppliers pervades Europe, for example.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
And for years, researchers have documented the gender bias that pervades the field of economics.
—Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
The 4chan logic that turned even the most hideous news and ideas into empty entertainment pervades everything on the internet now—more proof that lol, nothing matters.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Concern about unreliable gas suppliers pervades Europe, for example.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
And for years, researchers have documented the gender bias that pervades the field of economics.
—Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
The 4chan logic that turned even the most hideous news and ideas into empty entertainment pervades everything on the internet now—more proof that lol, nothing matters.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
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Lawrence’s vision of an arc of American history suffused with violence and injustice is obviously not one to which the current US administration would be at all sympathetic.—
Michael Lobel,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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Well, that and quantum teleportation, which is the reason that quantum entanglement suffuses this entire field to this day.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Foxtails are considered dangerous to pets because they are barbed and can penetrate a dog’s skin, ears, nose, eyes and paws and do not fall out on their own.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pritzker said the speed with which AI is penetrating all forms of life is concerning.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Many of the Gen Z terms, language enthusiasts say, once permeated Black subcultures, including early hip-hop music and underground drag culture, and were not fully accepted or respected by the mainstream.—
Moriah Humiston,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Sharply rising oil prices and sudden shortages of critical materials such as fertilizer can quickly permeate an economy and cause all kinds of goods and services to increase in price while sapping precious household income.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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