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penetration

[pen-i-tray-shuhn] / ˌpɛn ɪˈtreɪ ʃən /




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At Real Madrid, Bellingham played frequently as a false nine in his first season for the club, with Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo offering penetration from the wide positions.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Think of the return of BTS, then, as a test of K-pop’s lasting cultural penetration, particularly in the United States, which BTS has long treated as something of a second home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Ng thinks execution will be key, particularly in lifting insurance penetration, improving return on equity and increasing dividend upstreaming from Etiqa over the medium term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Globally, BEV penetration continues to trend higher, rising from 14% in the first quarter and tracking toward 18% in the second.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Then there is hiv—which is very much an emerging virus, because its penetration of the human species is increasing rapidly, with no end in sight.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

This is, however, in practice, almost always broken by the pinnacles of the buttresses, and if not, may be varied by the tracery of its penetrations.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin




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