permeates

verb

Definition of permeatesnext
present tense third-person singular of permeate
as in suffuses
to spread throughout the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house

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Recent Examples of permeates The Future Seen From Vegas CES 2025 captures the moment when technology permeates every aspect of our lives. — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025 Aspirational candidates bring something to the job that permeates the entire company. — Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 An air of bleakness and spiritual anomie permeates the writing, occasionally tempered by the outlandishness of her subjects. — Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024

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