as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervade
The result is dreamy, emotionally profound, pervaded by a sense of curiosity and profound care.
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Eliza Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
This feeling of uncertainty – of not knowing what comes next or how this ends – has pervaded families across the country.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Deeper than just the health effects and influence on public health is the strained trust for science that will continue to pervade the United States.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
And yet for all the cursing and swagger and bluster, there was an unmistakable air of anxiety pervading the glassy convention center.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
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Eliza Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
This feeling of uncertainty – of not knowing what comes next or how this ends – has pervaded families across the country.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Deeper than just the health effects and influence on public health is the strained trust for science that will continue to pervade the United States.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
And yet for all the cursing and swagger and bluster, there was an unmistakable air of anxiety pervading the glassy convention center.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
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The notion that Social Security faces a shortfall suffuses the national conversation about retirement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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The one person who actually went to prison for the 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is free just weeks after the tragedy suffused Alec Baldwin starring indie Western premiered and then promptly disappeared in a cloud of box office dust earlier this month.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 May 2025
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This product can be helpful for removing rust from hidden areas and crevices that are hard to penetrate.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
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However, when the $540 ceiling was being penetrated, the RSI did not confirm with a push to new highs indicating that momentum, or rate-of-change, was waning.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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Journal Sentinel reporters will answer your questions At Catholic parish, fear permeates almost everything The two pastors don’t know each other.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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For instance, according to a recent report by Morgan Stanley, an F-35 contains 920 lbs of rare earth, and rare earth permeates all high technology that is modern warfighting.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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