as in suffused
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervaded
Following their first win of the season the night before, a much lighter mood pervaded the Twins clubhouse Wednesday morning despite a forecast full of rain.
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
All that was needed was for temperatures between 250 and 350 kelvins (–23 and 77 degrees Celsius) to prevail within some of the gas clouds that pervaded the early universe.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
Strengthening our security also depends on addressing the subversive DEI ideology that has undermined our national unity and pervaded our culture.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
As a publisher, Bandai Namco has a deep bench of different classic IPs that have pervaded throughout the past several decades — games like Time Crisis, Pac-Man, and Ridge Racer; but not all of them have continued to get regular release.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Bangladesh’s logistics sector already dealt with plenty of distractions throughout 2024 as political unrest pervaded throughout the country.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
Lost in the split news was the overall impact of weak parcel demand, which has pervaded throughout rivals such as UPS and DHL.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
While many have criticized this particular selection, Kennedy represents a unique shift away from the corporate capture that has pervaded the public health agencies.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
That sense of entitlement pervaded their complaints.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
All that was needed was for temperatures between 250 and 350 kelvins (–23 and 77 degrees Celsius) to prevail within some of the gas clouds that pervaded the early universe.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
Strengthening our security also depends on addressing the subversive DEI ideology that has undermined our national unity and pervaded our culture.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
As a publisher, Bandai Namco has a deep bench of different classic IPs that have pervaded throughout the past several decades — games like Time Crisis, Pac-Man, and Ridge Racer; but not all of them have continued to get regular release.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Bangladesh’s logistics sector already dealt with plenty of distractions throughout 2024 as political unrest pervaded throughout the country.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
Lost in the split news was the overall impact of weak parcel demand, which has pervaded throughout rivals such as UPS and DHL.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
While many have criticized this particular selection, Kennedy represents a unique shift away from the corporate capture that has pervaded the public health agencies.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
That sense of entitlement pervaded their complaints.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Pervaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervaded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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