osmosis

Example Sentences

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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

People saw Manning not as a player with three collegiate starts to his name, but one who’d absorbed the expertise of uncles Peyton and Eli via osmosis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

I suppose he believes you can cover the administration through osmosis.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

I’ve inherited some things through osmosis but, by and large, I didn’t know the first thing about Judaism — even having been bar mitzvahed, having played Jewish characters before.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

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

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