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saturate

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


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Then bringing them together and not feeling like we have to make it pop or saturate the music or make the drums lighter and more radio-friendly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

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 in the event of a nuclear accident, people who may be exposed to iodine 131 can take potassium iodide tablets, which provide enough non-radioactive iodine 127 to saturate the thyroid.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

“A one in a billion—no trillion—anomaly, born from the oddness that saturates your county.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The novel is saturated with the Japanese concept of mono no aware, the wistful sorrow or pathos of impermanence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

This means the body's response to eating a whole dairy food may differ from its response to consuming an equivalent amount of saturated fat on its own.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

“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

The Environment Agency has said that while flooding is not guaranteed, the odds of repeated storms, prolonged rain and saturated catchments are higher than average this winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

When Esteban Trueba arrived home, he went straight in to take a bath; he was covered with sweat and dust and saturated with the unmistakable odor of frightened beasts.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

Priority No. 1, Henrich said, is making sure water is actually saturating the soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

“Do you want to go home?” he said quietly, a different pain than mine saturating his voice.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer


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