Examples of permeability in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the past, pharmaceutical research into the barrier focused on ways to increase permeability, not limit it, to get more drugs across it to treat brain tumors or infections. — Daniela Kaufer, Scientific American, "Damage to a Protective Shield around the Brain May Lead to Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases," 23 Apr. 2021 The edifice itself is made of Aquia Creek sandstone that was painted white because of the risk posed by the permeability of the stone, which could cause cracking in colder months. — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, "A Look at the Most Impressive—and Fascinating—White House Interiors Throughout History," 14 Jan. 2021 Art is obviously a very fashionable space and there's a kind of permeability between those two worlds, especially on a social level that was especially recognizable when attending art openings and other art events pre-COVID. — Sara Holzman, Marie Claire, "How Ashley James Dresses for a Day at the Museum," 11 Dec. 2020 Livestock that graze intensively and then move on reduce rank forage, improve soil permeability, and can often control invasive species. — Andrew Mckean, Outdoor Life, "Aldo Leopold’s 5 Essentials for Wildlife and Habitat Management," 17 Sep. 2020 On land, most of America’s crude is produced from shale reservoirs, which trap the oil in rocks with low permeability. — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, "The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs. Why?," 1 May 2020 Consisting of members from the EAA, SAWS and other agencies, the team developed a GIS (geographic information system) model to rank properties based on factors such permeability, biology, size and adjacency to open space. — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, "Troubled Waters," 27 Feb. 2020 In Notley’s hands, the free-roving speech of poets like O’Hara became a new way of exploring the permeability of identity on the page. — David Wallace, The New Yorker, "Alice Notley and the Art of Not Giving a Damn," 1 Apr. 2020 This same change in permeability could also lead to the escape of radon which forms by radioactive decay of elements in certain minerals. — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, "Can We Predict Earthquakes At All?," 15 Jan. 2020

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