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permeate

[pur-mee-eyt] / ˈpɜr miˌeɪt /


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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

These fields permeate every cubic centimeter of space and time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Dazzling visual effects permeate the latest movie featuring acrobatic, lightning-fast battles with demons at a kaleidoscopic castle with an infinite array of floors.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

The ethos of atomic physics—the relentless drive to find irreducible particles, universal mechanisms, and systematic explanations—would soon permeate biology and drive the discipline toward new methods and new questions.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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