Definition of interpenetratenext

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Recent Examples of interpenetrate Those canyons provide thousands of patches of natural habitat that interpenetrate the edges of greater Los Angeles. Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026 The works that were being presented onstage, both blackface and ballet, were addressing themes that interpenetrated everyday life. Chava Pearl Lansky, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025 The strong medicine of Zen and other mystical traditions can flip us into a state of experiencing our whole Self—a boundless, selfless Self that interpenetrates with all that is. Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Building and action interpenetrate in the courtyards, arcades, and stairways. Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 Water interpenetrates it, a gleaming, mercurial counter-spiral spooling into its open rockwork. Jennifer L. Roberts, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2023 Negative space and positive materiality interpenetrate in an extraordinary formal condensation of Cubist technique. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022 With the degree that the two countries interpenetrate each other’s elite and intelligence establishments, think the Russian military couldn’t get a kill shot on President Volodymyr Zelensky? Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Traditionalist Catholic ideas and values now interpenetrate conservative American political thought and nearly every political institution of consequence. Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpenetrate
Verb
  • Webb’s infrared vision is particularly useful here because infrared light can penetrate dust that blocks much of the visible light, giving astronomers a better look at the processes taking place inside stellar nurseries.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Even when flames are intense, the relatively short duration of exposure gives heat little time to penetrate thick masonry walls, assuming interior materials don’t catch fire and continue burning from within.
    Giorgia Giardina, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Umiltà 36’s soignée sophistication equally permeates its public spaces, where a notable collection of contemporary artwork looms large.
    Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Yet there’s this undertone of darkness that that that permeates the whole show.
    Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On summer days, the sun would unexpectedly become obscured by clouds and a pervading darkness.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

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“Interpenetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpenetrate. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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