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osmosis

[oz-moh-sis, os-] / ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs- /
NOUN
absorption
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Their music was so good and you start singing the lyrics and there’s an osmosis effect of positivity that gets you.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

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 instil.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

It was an unfortunate way to start the day, since sometimes one inmate’s hostility seemed to spread, through a form of osmosis, to those who hadn’t even witnessed any altercation.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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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