penetration
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India presents the biggest opportunity for user upgrades, with Pro-series penetration still relatively low despite rapid growth in iPhone users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We have less than 1% penetration of our core market, and so you’re going to see a lot more from us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
Then there is hiv—which is very much an emerging virus, because its penetration of the human species is increasing rapidly, with no end in sight.
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
Hackers exploiting the flaw conducted over 800,000 network penetrations by Dec. 11 – two days after the software problem was disclosed, the firm said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
“They were still running penetrations of the U.S. government.”
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2018
This is, however, in practice, almost always broken by the pinnacles of the buttresses, and if not, may be varied by the tracery of its penetrations.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin