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osmose

[oz-mohs, os-] / ˈɒz moʊs, ˈɒs- /






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“Verse-jumpers” can use earpieces to puppet the bodies of their alternate selves, and they can osmose skills from counterparts in other worlds by performing pivotal actions that set their lives on different paths.

From The Verge Mar. 12, 2022

I began to osmose from a neurotic cook with a confusing repertory of ethnic dishes to a relaxed one specializing in faintly Southern food.

From The New Yorker Feb. 6, 2006

The following interesting experiment will give you an idea of this process or force of osmose.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

The moisture gets into the root hairs by a process called osmose.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

This happens because the water is making its way by osmose into the egg through the skin, which has no openings, so far as can be discovered.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

Once upon a time, fashion only osmosed military looks after they had outlived their functionality.

From The New Yorker Mar. 6, 2019

While it’s drained and conservators inspect its condition, the museum keeps it wet with periodic sprinkles of hyperpurified, reverse osmosed water, which guard against rust.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2015

They have since osmosed into "techs" – low-key professionals who often have degrees and treat the job as a job.

From The Guardian Jun. 12, 2014

In addition to the iodide, some of the fatty base had osmosed through the membrane in each case.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various

Still, he was the more mobile of the two, as Linda was swaddled in smartcasts that both immobilized her and massaged her, all the while osmosing transdermal antiinflammatories and painkillers.

From Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow




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