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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
permeate .
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Examples
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Due to less regulations and the unfettered greed which permeates from the corporate world I get this feeling that things are going to get much worse in our country.
Think Progress » Number of millionaires in America increased 16 percent in 2009. 2010
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As security continues to improve in Iraq, a word permeates throughout all operations in the region: transition.
Hawaii Reporter 2009
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As security continues to improve in Iraq, a word permeates throughout all operations in the region: transition.
Hawaii Reporter 2009
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I have found that the best way to get into close communion with God is to select a hymn, the meaning of which is exactly what you desire, then read or sing the words till the idea permeates through your consciousness, and you really feel that your mind is ready for communion with God; then pray, as you would talk to your father or with a very close friend.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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Thankfully the sound of my own name permeates the catnap and I head over to be taken through some more corridors and shown to a cubicle where I am requested to strip to the waist and given a gown.
September 8th, 2006 dame_habonde 2006
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But the working-class London slang permeates the book to a distracting degree.
Incendiary: Summary and book reviews of Incendiary by Chris Cleave. 2005
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Mwalimu's name permeates through all the significant moments of the development of the continent from its colonial past.
TRIBUTE TO FORMER PRESIDENT OF TANZANIA, JULIUS NYERERE, BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT, JACOB ZUMA 1999
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Mwalimu's name permeates through all the significant moments of the development of the continent from its colonial past.
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"They don't watch television, but even James Bond as a word permeates the consciousness.
unknown title 2009
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Suavity of romantic expression permeates into this enthralling hard-metal rock appeal with KK's flourishing out as real '' rock-star '' in his modulating overtones in amusing '' Haan Main Jitni Martaba ''.
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