as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
with tie-dyeing, the dye does not interpenetrate the entire fabric
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Recent Examples of interpenetrate
Water interpenetrates it, a gleaming, mercurial counter-spiral spooling into its open rockwork.
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Jennifer L. Roberts, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2023
Negative space and positive materiality interpenetrate in an extraordinary formal condensation of Cubist technique.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
With the degree that the two countries interpenetrate each other’s elite and intelligence establishments, think the Russian military couldn’t get a kill shot on President Volodymyr Zelensky?
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Traditionalist Catholic ideas and values now interpenetrate conservative American political thought and nearly every political institution of consequence.
—Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021
Spaces and forms interpenetrated. Sculptural concrete projections that housed the chambers and the mayor’s office protruded from a modular facade of offices.
—Joseph Giovannini, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020
In very recent work, Nikolay Prokof'ev and Boris Svistunov have proposed extremely clean examples involving two interpenetrating superfluids.
—Frank Wilczek, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2019
Two of the figures embrace, and their bodies interpenetrate to form a new anthropomorphic — no, feminamorphic — tree.
—Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 7 July 2018
Nabokov’s stories and novels and autobiographical essays are the true reverse dreams, where futures pass and interpenetrate, and where the past, like John Dunne’s transparent fishing lures, shines.
—Nicholson Baker, New Republic, 21 Feb. 2018
Jennifer L. Roberts, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2023
Negative space and positive materiality interpenetrate in an extraordinary formal condensation of Cubist technique.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
With the degree that the two countries interpenetrate each other’s elite and intelligence establishments, think the Russian military couldn’t get a kill shot on President Volodymyr Zelensky?
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Traditionalist Catholic ideas and values now interpenetrate conservative American political thought and nearly every political institution of consequence.
—Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021
Spaces and forms interpenetrated. Sculptural concrete projections that housed the chambers and the mayor’s office protruded from a modular facade of offices.
—Joseph Giovannini, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020
In very recent work, Nikolay Prokof'ev and Boris Svistunov have proposed extremely clean examples involving two interpenetrating superfluids.
—Frank Wilczek, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2019
Two of the figures embrace, and their bodies interpenetrate to form a new anthropomorphic — no, feminamorphic — tree.
—Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 7 July 2018
Nabokov’s stories and novels and autobiographical essays are the true reverse dreams, where futures pass and interpenetrate, and where the past, like John Dunne’s transparent fishing lures, shines.
—Nicholson Baker, New Republic, 21 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpenetrate
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The carpet cleaner uses a liquid solution to penetrate your carpet and remove stains and spills, leaving the result brighter and spotless.Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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In early Thirties Germany, as the Nazi threat grew, the state’s propaganda machine began to penetrate the dream life of its citizenry.Zadie Smith, The New York Review of Books, 10 Nov. 2024
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All together, the spaces—neatly packaged within original architectural details—are suffused in both jewel tones and delicate neutrals, creating a mood of timelessness in spite of an epic renovation.David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, on a story level, Shōgun was providing the kind of dynastic drama that has suffused recent Emmy favorites from Thrones to Succession to The Crown.Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2024
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Indeed, the commercialization of hip-hop was already in full swing in the first half of the ’90s, with rappers proving to be worthy rivals to pop acts on the charts and permeating other areas of pop culture.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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The leather uppers, though not super breathable and quite stiff (at least initially), are definitely easy to clean, with no fluids permeating the surface.Samson McDougall, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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Pessimism pervades Kyiv and Washington about Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as President Volodymr Zelensky tries to steer his country through the war's third winter.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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The drama is largely relational, as the Koubek brothers and their paramours wrestle with the conventions that pervade their lives.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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