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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
saturate .
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Examples
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It is interesting to see the strategies that evolve as branding "saturates" the world although it probably has a lot of room left to run - I look for companies to begin sponsoring things like the Coast Guard or the Marines - or what would a massive Nike swoop on the ground be worth at a location that is frequently Google Earthed.
Playing the Rent V—Trademarksism James Killus 2007
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This dose saturates iodine receptors so that the radioactive I-131 "slides" out of the body without being taken into cells.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Radiation Protection for Pets: 13 Tips Dr. Richard Palmquist 2011
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For most of the twentieth century, scientists were unconcerned about global warming, because carbon dioxide saturates (saturation explained below) and cannot do more heating.
Think Progress » Palin blames ‘Gore-gate’ for ‘this snake oil science stuff.’ 2010
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For most of the twentieth century, scientists were unconcerned about global warming, because carbon dioxide saturates (saturation explained below) and cannot do more heating.
Think Progress » Palin blames ‘Gore-gate’ for ‘this snake oil science stuff.’ 2010
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Updike is brilliant at descriptions and even more brilliant at creating a feel of the times, an atmosphere that saturates every sentence without being located in any particular word.
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The reason mass transit can work effectively in NYC, for example, is that it saturates, so there is little incentive to search out a better route for marginal gains.
Mass Transit and Happiness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He saturates it with ideas -- intense, impolitic, uncompromising.
Zac Posen, Hakaan Yildirim among designers outshone in the City of Light Robin Givhan 2010
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This dose saturates iodine receptors so that the radioactive I-131 "slides" out of the body without being taken into cells.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Radiation Protection for Pets: 13 Tips Dr. Richard Palmquist 2011
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Mold can form when water saturates or accumulates on materials that can support growth.
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Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal There is no air conditioning; the smell of sweat saturates the air.
Gloves of Glory 2011
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