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osmosis

[oz-moh-sis, os-] / ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs- /
NOUN
absorption
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Traditional desalination methods such as reverse osmosis and thermal distillation can be expensive and energy intensive.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

That education by osmosis is part of what makes traveling seven to 12 days a month worthwhile as a young dad with a 4-year-old and 9-month-old at home.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Spending a little time in a grocery store checkout line is all it takes to absorb the highlights of “The Real Housewives” or “Love Island” by osmosis.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

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

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

A sense of humor osmoses from one to the other.

From The New Yorker Dec. 3, 2018

Thoreau might have siphoned insight from his surroundings; Bennett’s narrator osmoses into hers completely.

From The New Yorker Jul. 11, 2016




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