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
  • Democrats won the House, the Senate, and a majority of governorships, penetrating deep into historically red strongholds like Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The company acquired wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar last year and recently purchased a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses that could allow Starlink Mobile’s signal to penetrate buildings.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Yet the film has established that the MacNeil home is suffused with evil.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The bar serves up a lighter menu of small bites, like tempura black cod with ginger-sesame dipping sauce and succulent local halibut suffused with cilantro and basil.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Over the last three decades, Cohen has permeated global pop culture with a range of original characters.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Elsewhere in Chicago, themes of recreating and reviving spiritual artifacts and sacred materials permeate the work of a Jewish Iraqi American artist, whose grandparents fled Baghdad decades ago.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Fear pervaded immigrant communities, where naturalization was believed to offer irrevocable protection.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The short, sharp argument in the MacNeil kitchen is an example of the upstairs demon pervading all bodies through hate.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Interpenetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpenetrate. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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