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saturate

[sach-uh-rayt, sach-er-it, -uh-rayt] / ˈsætʃ əˌreɪt, ˈsætʃ ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt /


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The toxic content, AI-generated rumor cycles and coordinated inauthentic activity that already saturate the information environment are now sufficient, on their own, to move prediction-market prices in profitable directions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

These creations, often presented as real, saturate social feeds with content ranging from fake Spotify bands to TikTok videos claiming to show explosions on the frontlines in Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

An estimated 5 million undocumented Mexicans currently live in the United States and the prospect of a mass return could quickly saturate and overwhelm border cities like Juarez and Tijuana.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

But small-time producers already situated within a country’s borders can saturate the market.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

That’s a useful lesson for Coca-Cola or Nike, who have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on marketing and can afford to saturate all forms of media with their message.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Grief saturates the early pages of Catriona McPherson’s dark mystery “The Dead Room,” in which a young widow leaves her marital home in Hawaii and returns to her native Scotland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Once triggered, the system saturates the house and property with water and firefighting foam, “creating an environment that is too wet to burn,” according to the company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

Within the first three episodes starring Gatwa, Davies makes room for two broad song and dance numbers, introduces a supervillain played by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” royalty Jinkx Monsoon, and saturates sets with color.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

The dancers wear separates that pop in a sunny array of orange, pink, purple, red and yellow and glow under Nicole Pearce’s lighting design, which saturates the stage with color.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

“If markets were saturated, that would not be a big problem, but with inventories so thin, even the loss of 5-10 million barrels a week will keep prices elevated,” he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Authorities from Guerrero to Nayarit warned that Trudy could strengthen, and said heavy rainfall could cause major damage because the ground is already saturated from previous storms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

When soil becomes saturated with moisture, water fills many of the tiny spaces between soil particles, making it more difficult for gases to move through them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Scenes of romance, visions of war and domestic objects all compete for attention in the highly saturated comic-book style that was just being introduced to the broader world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Silence filled the car like a saturated sponge.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Fighting peat fires requires saturating the ground so thoroughly that it becomes "like porridge", Sujatmoko explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Fumes have travelled into the neighbouring Namur province, where authorities had to ask residents to stop saturating emergency phone lines with reports of the smell.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Sabroso maximizes the visual pop and sharp humor that defines every scene, saturating frames in “see me” colors popping citrusy in one moment and fiery in the next, lifting the cast’s audacious, extreme performances.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

That precipitation pushed runoff from the Appalachian Mountains, saturating the soil and knocking over trees.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2024

The sour smells of wood smoke and wool and cows cling to him, saturating his poncho, his rough skin.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau


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