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Recent Examples of saturation
Water the plant to saturation after installing, and then check again for void pockets.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
The department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct roadside safety checks, seat belt enforcement zones and saturation patrols.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Trans people hadn’t yet accumulated enough basic rights or cultural saturation to stoke different, grander anxieties for Cooper to opine on.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Films that depend on word-of-mouth do not work well without media support or in opposition to saturation marketing tactics.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
The department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct roadside safety checks, seat belt enforcement zones and saturation patrols.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Trans people hadn’t yet accumulated enough basic rights or cultural saturation to stoke different, grander anxieties for Cooper to opine on.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Films that depend on word-of-mouth do not work well without media support or in opposition to saturation marketing tactics.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturation
Noun
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That’s in contrast to an earlier trend from 2019 to 2023, when rates dropped only among white people and rose sharply among Black and Indigenous Americans.—
Kaitlin Coward,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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In contrast, with a GLP-1, people might be more inclined to take them because of their burnished reputation.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The monitor has an ambient sensor that helps adjust lighting depending on brightness.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Follow with low lighting throughout the home rather than returning to full brightness.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Knowing elements like hue, value, chroma, and whether a color is warm or cool can all guide you towards picking hues that feel good in your space.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Aug. 2025
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The hunter green of the 1980s is back—but with a little less chroma.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The median monthly rent and home value are $1,891 and $376,723, respectively.—
Chase Jordan
March 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Trump’s election proved that a sizable contingent of the population had no problem imposing their values on others—and even hoped that the government might do so for them.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Are laughter and lightness merely opiates, or tools of the revolution, or both, or neither?—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Even before the Elite Eight tipped off, Auriemma said the Huskies were operating with a lightness he’s rarely ever seen in 41 seasons at the helm of the program.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
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In our testing, the Cintiq Pro 17 covered 100% of the sRGB space (which is very similar to Rec. 709) and 98.1% of DCI-P3 (see the chromaticity chart above).—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Jan. 2024
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Validation experiments to mimic lighting, display and sensing applications demonstrated that chromaticity, a measure of colorfulness separate from brightness, could be controlled with much more precision than the human eye can detect.—
MEERI KIM | INSIDE SCIENCE,
ABC News,
11 July 2021
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“Saturation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturation. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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