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osmosis

[oz-moh-sis, os-] / ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs- /
NOUN
absorption
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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

So when Swift takes a phone call in the documentary and says, "Baby", the whole theatre erupts - knowing through pop culture osmosis exactly who is on the other end of the line.

From BBC Dec. 12, 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

As if by osmosis, a dark swell of emotion rises in me.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

A sense of humor osmoses from one to the other.

From The New Yorker Dec. 3, 2018

Thoreau might have siphoned insight from his surroundings; Bennett’s narrator osmoses into hers completely.

From The New Yorker Jul. 11, 2016




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