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saturate

[sach-uh-rayt, sach-er-it, -uh-rayt] / ˈsætʃ əˌreɪt, ˈsætʃ ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt /


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Revenue grew at greater than 24% a year from 2002 to 2022 when the company began to saturate the market for its customer relationship management software.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

The toxic content, AI-generated rumor cycles and coordinated inauthentic activity that already saturate the information environment are now sufficient, on their own, to move prediction-market prices in profitable directions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

“We go in and saturate an area with high visibility and view patrol,” said Sean Duryee, commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, standing at Newsom’s side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

An estimated 5 million undocumented Mexicans currently live in the United States and the prospect of a mass return could quickly saturate and overwhelm border cities like Juarez and Tijuana.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

That’s a useful lesson for Coca-Cola or Nike, who have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on marketing and can afford to saturate all forms of media with their message.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

And as the market for these types of businesses saturates, creator-founders can no longer guarantee their brands will succeed off the back of their celebrity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Once triggered, the system saturates the house and property with water and firefighting foam, “creating an environment that is too wet to burn,” according to the company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

Within the first three episodes starring Gatwa, Davies makes room for two broad song and dance numbers, introduces a supervillain played by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” royalty Jinkx Monsoon, and saturates sets with color.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

The dancers wear separates that pop in a sunny array of orange, pink, purple, red and yellow and glow under Nicole Pearce’s lighting design, which saturates the stage with color.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

When soil becomes saturated with moisture, water fills many of the tiny spaces between soil particles, making it more difficult for gases to move through them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Major cities like Paris, São Paulo, Amsterdam and Vienna are saturated with surveillance cameras, Kelly said, which is helping police with the chase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But Randolph disputes the idea African scouting is now saturated, citing a number of areas that remain relatively undiscovered, often because of conflict or logistics, with scouts drawn to the region's biggest cities.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

It contends that contemporary culture is overly saturated with collapse, dystopia and fear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The international press was simply saturated with stories of violence from Africa, and this one was particularly bland and pedantic, the deputy editor wrote, but perhaps Richard could do a piece on the human angle?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fighting peat fires requires saturating the ground so thoroughly that it becomes "like porridge", Sujatmoko explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Fumes have travelled into the neighbouring Namur province, where authorities had to ask residents to stop saturating emergency phone lines with reports of the smell.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Sabroso maximizes the visual pop and sharp humor that defines every scene, saturating frames in “see me” colors popping citrusy in one moment and fiery in the next, lifting the cast’s audacious, extreme performances.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

That precipitation pushed runoff from the Appalachian Mountains, saturating the soil and knocking over trees.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2024

They smashed directly on target, saturating the entire length of the ram.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques


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