spongelike

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The researchers first modeled spongelike environments on a computer and found that varying chamber sizes would allow many different bacterial strains to thrive.

From Scientific American • May 27, 2022

They sip carbon dioxide out of the air, catching it in spongelike filters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

While it is true that some lovers leave indelible marks in one’s memory, a healthy brain remains spongelike and able to canonize new experience.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2020

Worm holes riddled the dirt, giving it a spongelike quality that was critical, he said, for absorbing rain and preventing runoff.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

One quick hard cut; a sharp gasp from Clee; a repetition; then two more times crossways—and a firm, spongelike metallic disc lay revealed.

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various