as in suffuses
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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The Future Seen From Vegas CES 2025 captures the moment when technology permeates every aspect of our lives.
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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
The Kurdish question permeates every calculation.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet, the lack of depth across the conference limits its broader credibility compared to a league like the SEC, where competitive balance permeates the rankings.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Instead, the obstacle to pluralism flourishing on college campuses is a culture of fear that permeates every level of the university from college presidents to faculty to students.
—Manu Meel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
And so that challenge permeates to us today.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
This ethos permeates every aspect of the partnership, from the artisans’ loving craftsmanship to the collaborative spirit between Snoop Dogg and Rafaelian.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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
The Kurdish question permeates every calculation.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet, the lack of depth across the conference limits its broader credibility compared to a league like the SEC, where competitive balance permeates the rankings.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Instead, the obstacle to pluralism flourishing on college campuses is a culture of fear that permeates every level of the university from college presidents to faculty to students.
—Manu Meel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
And so that challenge permeates to us today.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
This ethos permeates every aspect of the partnership, from the artisans’ loving craftsmanship to the collaborative spirit between Snoop Dogg and Rafaelian.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Permeates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeates. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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