penetration

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Construction equipment end markets are expected to grow, while customization, service penetration and digital offerings can create substantially more revenue per machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Under French law, rape is defined as "any non-consensual act of penetration".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But as the host of “The Colbert Report,” Colbert’s cultural penetration was deep, his fame already substantial.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Burbery further argues that Dante anticipated ideas connected to terminal velocity and crustal penetration, concepts tied to how extremely large objects behave when colliding with planets.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

There was a penetration of the light into solid substance so that I seemed to see into things, deep in, and I’ve seen that kind of light elsewhere only in Greece.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck