interpenetration

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The work draws on Yoruba ideas of cyclical time and the interpenetration of the living, the dead and the not-yet-born.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

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

But this interpenetration is going on also in younger troupes, companies where you’d expect the founding choreographer to be jealous of his stage time.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

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

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2011

The interpenetration in our democratic society is too thorough.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin