leakage
Example Sentences
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Emergency workers said the blast happened due to gas leakage, which filled the room and then exploded.
From BBC
This chemical leakage continues over time and becomes much more intense when plastics are exposed to sunlight.
From Science Daily
That wouldn’t prevent “carbon leakage”—the relocation of industrial activity to avoid regulation—but exacerbate it.
Hot dust interferes with this process by creating what researchers call "coronagraphic leakage" -- scattered light that can hide the signals of potentially habitable worlds.
From Science Daily
Both companies made leaps in technology after Liang joined, fueling concerns in Taiwan about the leakage of trade secrets.
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