Examples of seepage in a Sentence
Check for seepage in the basement.
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The seepage was considered routine at the time it was spotted, and plans were made to make repairs from within the tunnel.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Interfaces are environments right on the edge of surface and subsurface, such caves and hydrothermal vents, where organisms on the surface may be influenced by processes occurring in the subsurface, such as seepage, or vice versa.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
Sources may generally include offshore petroleum production, discharges during marine transportation and naturally occurring seepage from the ocean floor, the Florida DEP said.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Because of pollution, depletion, and seepage of water from the sea, the groundwater was of poor quality—brackish and salty, with a high level of chemicals.
—Claudine Ebeid, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Interfaces are environments right on the edge of surface and subsurface, such caves and hydrothermal vents, where organisms on the surface may be influenced by processes occurring in the subsurface, such as seepage, or vice versa.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
Sources may generally include offshore petroleum production, discharges during marine transportation and naturally occurring seepage from the ocean floor, the Florida DEP said.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Because of pollution, depletion, and seepage of water from the sea, the groundwater was of poor quality—brackish and salty, with a high level of chemicals.
—Claudine Ebeid, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seepage
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“Seepage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seepage. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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seepage
noun
seep·age
ˈsē-pij 
1
: the process of seeping
2
: a quantity of fluid that has seeped through something
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