as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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It was directed by Jared Hess, best known for the eccentric indie film Napoleon Dynamite, whose sensibility pervades this production, financed by Iceland’s video game developer Mojang and its executives Torfi Frans Ólafsson and Vu Bui.
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Next-generation radio telescopes are focusing not on the galaxies but on the neutral hydrogen that once pervaded all of space.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
Discrimination pervades every aspect of the Israeli military judicial system.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025
While fears of a sharp economic downturn due to President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are pervading Wall Street, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the border-spanning organization does not project a recession this year.
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Next-generation radio telescopes are focusing not on the galaxies but on the neutral hydrogen that once pervaded all of space.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
Discrimination pervades every aspect of the Israeli military judicial system.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025
While fears of a sharp economic downturn due to President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are pervading Wall Street, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the border-spanning organization does not project a recession this year.
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
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His work is suffused with such affection for the edge places where Europe bleeds into its others—Venice, Trieste, Alexandria, Algiers—that the continent becomes all edge.—
Nicholas Dames,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Kaunas: Where the Grand Duchy Endures As the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — one of Europe’s largest and most powerful nations during the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance — Kaunas is suffused with history.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The difference between the two can be broken down as follows: Mineral Sunscreens Mineral sunscreens, also known as physical sunscreens, block the sun’s harmful UV rays from penetrating the skin.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
26 May 2025
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The sprawling but penetrating 4½ hour documentary about French complicity with its Nazi captors during the war exploded the myth that the French resisted their occupiers.—
Richard Natale,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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The red smoke from flares permeated the air, red dust covered the soles of shoes, and crowds were still in full celebration mode around the Strand when word quickly spread that a van had plowed into the crowd on Water Street.—
Julia Andersen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Geniuses on this level often clash, but what always strikes me about Ben and Jess is the mutual trust and respect that permeates their every conversation.—
Dan Erickson,
IndieWire,
29 May 2025
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“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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