penetration
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“We have less than 1% penetration of our core market, and so you’re going to see a lot more from us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“While Charter is continuing to push converged service penetration and has improved video performance, broadband performance has not followed and continues to experience headwinds,” Rollins wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the attack also further revealed the startling US and Israeli intelligence penetration of Iran, a strategic weakness exposed in the 2025 war when Israel killed a succession of key figures in targeted strikes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The paper is titled "Selective blood-brain barrier penetration and tumor targeting of nitrosylcobalamin in glioblastoma: Pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution, and synergistic activity with trail and temozolomide."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
“You look conscious. Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer. This letter is from Mr. Collins.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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He later explained that he was using a definition employed by the Border Patrol that defines “operational control” as “the ability to detect, respond and interdict border penetrations in areas deemed as high priority.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Since then, U.S. intelligence has continued to repeated episodes of damaging spy penetrations and losses of recruited agents.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
“Little to none, compared to the extensive cyber penetrations and human spying activities,” the former senior intelligence officer told me.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
The CIA has suffered some disastrous penetrations of its spy networks in recent years.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
In 1804, and probably in 1805, there were various penetrations of the valley.
From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Sherburne Friend Cook