penetration
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“Batteries now shift huge amounts of solar power from midday into the evening peak, which is what allows this level of solar penetration in the system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Globally, BEV penetration continues to trend higher, rising from 14% in the first quarter and tracking toward 18% in the second.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The paper is titled "Selective blood-brain barrier penetration and tumor targeting of nitrosylcobalamin in glioblastoma: Pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution, and synergistic activity with trail and temozolomide."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bhutan has an overall internet penetration rate of 88 percent, and 485,000 social media user identities, according to analytics site DataReportal.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Because the aids virus’s penetration of the human species was still in its early stages, and the penetration was happening inexorably.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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He later explained that he was using a definition employed by the Border Patrol that defines “operational control” as “the ability to detect, respond and interdict border penetrations in areas deemed as high priority.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
“Little to none, compared to the extensive cyber penetrations and human spying activities,” the former senior intelligence officer told me.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
Gu had been working as a spy inside the KMT and, when uncovered, defected and revealed large-scale spy penetrations.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2021
“Our original contractor told us they had to make 42 penetrations through the condo’s new roof to anchor our deck,” Karmin said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2018
The reader will observe that, up to the last expansion of the penetrations, the stone-work was necessarily considered, as it actually is, stiff, and unyielding.
From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John