interpenetration

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The blocks’ zone of interpenetration lies beneath the Cascade Range, where intense pressures produce volcanic peaks like St. Helens, Baker and Rainier.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

A philosopher — Jacques Derrida, say, here seen crossing Houston Street a few years before his death — might wax eloquent on the dialectical interpenetration of presence and absence.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016

Though, to be more specific, the fear that “Terminator Genisys” reflects is that of centralization, corporate control, and an unwarranted interpenetration of business and government.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2015

These shades of feeling, and their interpenetration, are conveyed with extraordinary delicacy and care.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2011

By then enough of the worlds should have reached maturity to offer some hope of peaceful interpenetration.

From Victory by Del Rey, Lester