osmosis
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Traditional desalination methods such as reverse osmosis and thermal distillation can be expensive and energy intensive.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
That education by osmosis is part of what makes traveling seven to 12 days a month worthwhile as a young dad with a 4-year-old and 9-month-old at home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will pick up the British traits they wish to instil.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
Larry Gagosian sold Basquiat upstairs while De la Huerta was a baby below, and her work sometimes has the effect of childlike depictions of what she learned by osmosis.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
Sitting at Robbie’s upright piano, I was quick to pick up the scales—that osmosis thing was real—and I threw myself into filling out the sight-reading work sheets she gave me.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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