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percolate

[pur-kuh-leyt, pur-kuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈpɜr kəˌleɪt, ˈpɜr kə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /


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“We expect the impact of higher energy prices to gradually percolate in the coming months as replacement supplies arrive with a lag.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Signs of stress continue to percolate as some private-credit funds mark down the value of their loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

But other risks to stock-market stability continued to percolate.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Tariff costs percolate through to American consumers in numerous ways — through higher prices on imported goods, higher prices on domestic goods produced with imported parts and a narrowed variety of goods on the shelves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

It goes some way toward explaining how confidential information, rumors, and jokes percolate so rapidly through a population.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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