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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
  • These prickly hairs are for protection, with barbed ends that easily penetrate the skin of predators or your hand.
    Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Ho testified her cause of death was multiple penetrating injuries and the manner was homicide.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Despite being confined to her bed, covered in tubes, tangled in wires, despite being separated by gloves and masks and isolation gowns, our laughter permeated all those barriers.
    Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026
  • In 2025, anxiety permeated Indianapolis as the All-Star Weekend kicked off a contentious period of CBA negotiations.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • This attitude pervades the report’s approach to AI, which largely buys into the biggest hype imaginable.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

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“Interpenetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpenetrate. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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