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permeate

[pur-mee-ayt] / ˈpɜr miˌeɪt /


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But you can’t permeate the culture if viewers refuse to watch the second episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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

What makes an insecticide a systemic is the ability to permeate all the tissues of a plant or animal and make them toxic.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Asia is hardest hit because the fuel permeates the region’s farming- and mining-dependent economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

Even as culture permeates up from the internet, being around the corner is important.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

By the time I walk in the cottage door, water permeates my bones and a pain pierces my thigh.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

It’s also unfailingly optimistic and fun, a sunny riposte to the feeling of distance and loss that permeated “We Will Always Love You.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

The smell of sweat permeated the air as she ripped through several of her hits — including collaborations with Reysha Rami and German producer MCR-T.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Certainly, there was a sense of decorum that permeated the club, even when it came to dress.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Footage on social media shows large plumes of smoke permeating through the streets of the village as sirens ring out.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

This technology is permeating our lives in ways beyond our awareness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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

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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