- present participle of penetrate.
penetrating
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In its pages, he asks a series of penetrating questions: Does faith retain value even if the stories underlying it are human inventions?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
It recorded levels of tiny particulates capable of penetrating the bloodstream and lungs, known as PM2.5, at 288 micrograms per cubic metre, vastly exceeding the World Health Organization's recommended average annual exposure of five micrograms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
VENUS, by contrast, produces high-energy neutrons capable of penetrating deeper into large objects and generating detailed 3D images.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
On Sunday rescue workers in China recovered twelve bodies in the Nepal-Tibet border, using excavators, shovels and ground penetrating radar at the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Was it, I asked myself, a ray from the moon penetrating some aperture in the blind?
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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