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permeate

[pur-mee-eyt] / 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

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

From BBC May 22, 2026

"There may be some particular Canadian folklore that comes with it -- some of the values of the co-founders that are going to permeate," she said.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

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

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The crusade to prevent skin-cancer deaths, Mr. Jacobsen argues, has fostered an absolutism about the risks of sunlight that permeates the media.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Once Egg is unmasked, we come to understand why he’s so drawn to this enormous man whose gentle spirit permeates Claffey’s faultless performance.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

Nacua aims to continue the recent streak of amplified success, which stems from the connection he has with Stafford and the “excitement” that permeates the Rams’ locker room.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2025

Karp’s affinity for German philosophy permeates his mannerisms.

From MarketWatch Nov. 25, 2025

Mark and his new friends cleared the entire fifteenth floor, but the rank stench still permeates the air.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

Eve’s prominent role in advertising demonstrates how the Judeo-Christian tradition permeated American culture, including the fashion industry.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Mazzara’s comments, she said, show how that tone has permeated all facets of the agency.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

He is persuasive that “ideas about slavery permeated early-modern English culture,” and that the development of American slavery was not “a simple function of material interests.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

The tree produced a cedar perfume that permeated their skin and clothes.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

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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