permeable

Example Sentences

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Their improvements made the protist's cell walls permeable, allowing scientists to clearly observe its inner architecture for the first time.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

The idea that our constitutional order could work without having somewhat permeable lines between those, I think, isn’t realistic, especially in a modern world.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

He thinks creating a native habitat in his front yard and installing rain barrels and a permeable driveway in the face of record-breaking heat waves is a good place to start.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

What’s under examination is the strange permeable barrier between life and death, and the way it appears to those who are left behind to deal with the fallout.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

The main obstacle for the diffusion process being developed by Urey was its reliance on uranium hexafluoride gas, the detestable “hex,” which lived up to its nickname by severely corroding every permeable barrier Urey tried.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik