penetration
Example Sentences
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Under French law, rape is defined as "any non-consensual act of penetration".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Store-count milestones are easy for investors to understand and often produce strong valuation narratives, especially when companies position themselves as long-term consumer penetration stories in China’s smaller cities.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
But as the host of “The Colbert Report,” Colbert’s cultural penetration was deep, his fame already substantial.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Leerink Partners analyst Puneet Souda estimates current penetration at only 6% of a $20 billion domestic market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Her own father’s perfect exemption from any thought of the kind, the entire deficiency in him of all such sort of penetration or suspicion, was a most comfortable circumstance.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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