permeable
Example Sentences
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Over time, the gut barrier may become more permeable, a condition often referred to as "leaky gut."
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
It includes sand and permeable cloth topped with a hybrid carpet of cool-season grass grown in Lake Moses, Wash., trucked to Inglewood, then rolled out in strips four feet wide and 45 feet long.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025
The idea that our constitutional order could work without having somewhat permeable lines between those, I think, isn’t realistic, especially in a modern world.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
What’s under examination is the strange permeable barrier between life and death, and the way it appears to those who are left behind to deal with the fallout.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
The main obstacle for the diffusion process being developed by Urey was its reliance on uranium hexafluoride gas, the detestable “hex,” which lived up to its nickname by severely corroding every permeable barrier Urey tried.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing permeable
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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The Water Cycle - Introductory
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