osmosis
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So when Swift takes a phone call in the documentary and says, "Baby", the whole theatre erupts - knowing through pop culture osmosis exactly who is on the other end of the line.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
People saw Manning not as a player with three collegiate starts to his name, but one who’d absorbed the expertise of uncles Peyton and Eli via osmosis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Larry Gagosian sold Basquiat upstairs while De la Huerta was a baby below, and her work sometimes has the effect of childlike depictions of what she learned by osmosis.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
Pitcher filters are simple, but their long-term cost can be higher than that of adsorption or reverse osmosis filters installed under the sink.
From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024
Do books perform some kind of magical osmosis on a child’s brain?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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