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saturate

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


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UAVs are seen as a low-cost way to saturate targets and air defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 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

“We go in and saturate an area with high visibility and view patrol,” said Sean Duryee, commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, standing at Newsom’s side.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 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

For a minute I thought the walls had begun to discharge the moisture that must saturate them, but then I saw the noise came from a small fountain in one corner of the room.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

And as the market for these types of businesses saturates, creator-founders can no longer guarantee their brands will succeed off the back of their celebrity.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 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

“Put all these things together — particularly on the Olympic coast, where we already get an ungodly amount of water falling from the sky, which saturates the sediments,” Fradkin says.

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2023

“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

We live saturated in opinion, reaction and digital noise, a culture that turns other people into content: flattened, accelerated, easy to dismiss.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Tallow consists of a much higher amount of saturated fat compared to our own sebum.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

After the remaining cycles are completed, the informational capacity of spacetime would be fully saturated.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

The media is saturated with dire findings about the risks of sun exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

It seemed the natural thing, to bring this voice from the past into a moment so saturated with the past already, even if the voice was mixed with my own.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

The windows and patio doors failed in my apartment, sending water surging inside and saturating all of the rugs and much of the furniture.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2024

Faster than you could say “candy cane,” I was saturating every squirrel-trafficked inch of our backyard using a spray bottle filled with 100% peppermint essential oil.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2024

Could there be a danger of video game adaptations going the same way as Marvel movies and losing audience interest by saturating the market?

From BBC Apr. 20, 2024

I sniff my school uniform, smelling traces of smoke saturating it, too, mingled with an an- imal smell—the reek of guinea pigs.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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