pervious

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This hot, mineral-rich, and often smokey water seeks the most pervious path through the Earth's crust and encounters cold, oxygen-rich water at the sea floor.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

The company also expects an insurance margin in fiscal 2024 of 13.5%–15.5%, higher than the pervious year's margin of 12.6%.

From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2023

Reminisce about the Bluebonnet Bowl, the postseason game once played in the old Houston Astrodome that was the setting for the only pervious matchup of the Boilermakers and Volunteers in 1979.

From Fox News • Dec. 14, 2021

The rewritten constitution focuses more on the NCAA’s broader goals of athlete welfare than the pervious version, which took a more granular approach.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

Look to your drains, by all means; but look also to the natural gates and alleys of the body—keep them clear, and permeable, and pervious.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 by Various