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permeate

[pur-mee-eyt] / ˈpɜr miˌeɪt /


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Meanwhile, “dark energy” seems to permeate every square inch of space, pushing outward and accelerating the universe’s expansion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

I think this shift shows, first of all, how much culture really does permeate the Supreme Court.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

In our experience, some of this is because the Lake Wobegon effect tends to permeate the C-suite: Most every executive thinks their company is above average.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

"And in other ways, sometimes something can permeate that you really didn't expect."

From BBC May 22, 2026

They permeate the grain in wood, metal, and stone.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

It was all the more jarring because elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European spirit which so often permeates through Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

He typically records alone—This Is Lorelei is his solo project—and a feeling of solitary contemplation permeates his music.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Why it’s worth seeing: The wacky inventiveness Wilson brought to his genius HBO show, “How to With John Wilson,” permeates the film.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Blond, light-featured and tall, he is visually distinct from the three other children and his silent rebellion permeates the atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

The slow sandy light of dawn permeates the room.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Fiona Donohoe added that "answers of 'I don't know' and 'I can't recall' permeated the evidence heard at the inquest".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

"Social media has now permeated to the smallest towns in India, and has near ubiquity among young Indians," he told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

A big whiff of inflation also permeated the S&P report.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

For the rest of the night, we encounter that feeling wherever we go, a throughline that has permeated Coachella’s second weekend since it was introduced in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2026

Frightened by his own feelings, he had listened mutely to the wails of grief that permeated the community.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

Apple’s reach is permeating into the rest of the AI supply chain.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The Fourth Amendment exists, she writes, to protect “the privacies of life” and to guard against “too permeating police surveillance.”

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Singh was born in 1987 in Jiagang, a small town in West Bengal state, into a household where music was not an aspiration but a daily practice, permeating every aspect of life.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

He knew immediately that he was alive, because of the searing pain permeating every cubic centimeter of his body.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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