as in penetrable
capable of being passed into or through
a permeable fabric that allows your body heat to escape will be much more comfortable in the summertime
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Recent Examples of permeable
The City of New Orleans has required its Department of Public Works to use permeable paving in lots and other spaces where practical.
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Aya Diab, Fortune, 23 May 2026
This year’s brick pavilion was conceived as a rhythmic structure that shifts from opaque to permeable.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Replacing concrete in parking lots with more permeable materials, such as grass tiles, would also be beneficial.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
While designed to be water- and air-permeable, pores in landscape fabric get plugged up with soil and debris over time, blocking the flow of air and water to plant roots.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
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Aya Diab, Fortune, 23 May 2026
This year’s brick pavilion was conceived as a rhythmic structure that shifts from opaque to permeable.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Replacing concrete in parking lots with more permeable materials, such as grass tiles, would also be beneficial.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
While designed to be water- and air-permeable, pores in landscape fabric get plugged up with soil and debris over time, blocking the flow of air and water to plant roots.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for permeable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeable
Adjective
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The wall between the two has long been viewed as performative and penetrable.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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By breaking actives down into smaller molecules, the fermentation process makes the ingredient more bioavailable and penetrable.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That nuanced scale reveals more about a meteoroid's composition, which may range from dense, iron-rich material originating mostly from asteroids, to more fragile, porous debris that often sheds from a comet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The mulch should be porous enough to let water and air pass through it, but dense enough to prevent weed growth.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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“Permeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeable. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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