as in suffuses
to spread throughout
the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house
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Recent Examples of permeates
The leaves of others on the list, such as creeping thyme and creeping rosemary, are infused with a scent that permeates the garden over the entire season.
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
Sadness permeates the picture, but so does defiance.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Nevertheless, the sense of powerful, sensual ease that permeates her portraiture is present within these rooms, with the choice of décor and arrangement of objects suggesting not a single narrative but many layers of narrative possibility.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Mar. 2025
That equilibrium also permeates Barba Hopfner’s filmmaking ideas.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
As this powerful technology increasingly permeates law enforcement and private security operations, fundamental questions about privacy, consent and algorithmic bias continue to dominate public discourse.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
That attitude of turning lemons into lemonade permeates the organization—and occasionally covers other kinds of fruit.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Headline shock aside this event did nothing to assuage investor fears that crypto organizations are still in the move-fast-and-break-things mindset that permeates tech startups.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Be True To Your Values Exceptional performance has to start with a commitment to your values—one that permeates throughout your entire team.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
Sadness permeates the picture, but so does defiance.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Nevertheless, the sense of powerful, sensual ease that permeates her portraiture is present within these rooms, with the choice of décor and arrangement of objects suggesting not a single narrative but many layers of narrative possibility.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Mar. 2025
That equilibrium also permeates Barba Hopfner’s filmmaking ideas.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
As this powerful technology increasingly permeates law enforcement and private security operations, fundamental questions about privacy, consent and algorithmic bias continue to dominate public discourse.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
That attitude of turning lemons into lemonade permeates the organization—and occasionally covers other kinds of fruit.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Headline shock aside this event did nothing to assuage investor fears that crypto organizations are still in the move-fast-and-break-things mindset that permeates tech startups.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Be True To Your Values Exceptional performance has to start with a commitment to your values—one that permeates throughout your entire team.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Permeates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeates. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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