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saturate

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


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Then bringing them together and not feeling like we have to make it pop or saturate the music or make the drums lighter and more radio-friendly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

UAVs are seen as a low-cost way to saturate targets and air defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

These creations, often presented as real, saturate social feeds with content ranging from fake Spotify bands to TikTok videos claiming to show explosions on the frontlines in Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

“It instead launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves.”

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024

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

Among the restricted or banned books in these states are biographies of Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. No wonder fear saturates publishing.

From Salon ● May 30, 2023

The closure comes as an atmospheric river saturates the Seattle area, with heavy rain delivering moderate to heavy snowfall over the Cascades on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

The way water splashes, sloshes, sprays and saturates — in the parlance of the industry — had to be “solved.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

“A one in a billion—no trillion—anomaly, born from the oddness that saturates your county.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

The Environment Agency has said that while flooding is not guaranteed, the odds of repeated storms, prolonged rain and saturated catchments are higher than average this winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

We live in a world saturated with information.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Priority No. 1, Henrich said, is making sure water is actually saturating the soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

The windows and patio doors failed in my apartment, sending water surging inside and saturating all of the rugs and much of the furniture.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024

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

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques


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