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percolate

[pur-kuh-layt, pur-kuh-lit, -layt] / ˈpɜr kəˌleɪt, ˈpɜr kə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /


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What the API’s buyers get is the advantage of accessing those posts instantaneously, rather than waiting for them to percolate into the marketplace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

That focus will likely prove key if the current rotation deepens over the summer months as bond yields rise and inflation pressure percolate.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

“The broader impact of high global oil prices has yet to percolate through retail inflation as pump fuel prices remain unchanged,” DBS’s economics team said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But other risks to stock-market stability continued to percolate.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

It goes some way toward explaining how confidential information, rumors, and jokes percolate so rapidly through a population.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“That sandy ground, when you put the water on it, it percolates into the groundwater and it recharges,” said Jeevan Muhar, chief executive officer of Arvin-Edison Water Storage District.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026

"It's very much a wait to see how the removal of the tariffs percolates through the supply chain," he added.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Liberation” percolates with lively humor, as when Lizzie introduces herself as a journalist who writes “obituaries and weddings—which in a way are the same thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2025

This happens because carbon dioxide from the air dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid - this then percolates through the rock and reacts with it, causing it to dissolve.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

My heart percolates and my hands begin to sweat.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The question has percolated for Walmart all year, fueled by its new digital shelf labels and a pair of patents—one to dynamically update prices online and another to recommend prices based on anticipated demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The panic has percolated enough that political consultant and data guru Paul Mitchell set up a model predicting the likely makeup of the top two.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

After the idea percolated up from Linda to Clay-and-Buck and then to Fox News, Trump thought it was a stroke of genius.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

News of the possible sale had percolated since last year, as Starbucks’ business in China faltered.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

Had it percolated gradually through the years until now?

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

Both the title of “Bass Persuades” and the percolating sound of its title track would seem to suggest a dance-leaning collection to follow the strange and dark prog-pop opus “Something Beautiful” from 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“It was kind of like I had to access what was percolating because part of me was looking at the world and feeling a little shut down, as anyone would be,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

"We're not the only jurisdiction that's facing that ageing-related crisis, because similar issues are percolating in Australia and England," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Concerns about Gen Z’s financial habits have been percolating for years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The newest idea percolating through the hallways at the Rad Lab called for a two-stage separation process using a new variety of calutron to further enrich the product of the original racetracks.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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