as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
saturate your hair with water before applying the dye
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Recent Examples of saturates
Water pools in your eyes as serotonin saturates your nervous system.
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Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
Here, an easy sauce of olive oil, lemon juice, fresh rosemary, capers, and garlic saturates whole small red potatoes and crispy chicken thighs and legs in flavor.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Sixty years later, the Spectacle saturates us in ways the Situationists never imagined.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This gives your poinsettia a long, deep drink that saturates the roots without drowning them.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
The result is a geomagnetic storm that amplifies the ionospheric and radio disruptions caused by flares and saturates the radiation belts surrounding Earth to such an extent that new belts can suddenly form.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The deal marks the latest major investment by AT&T to accelerate its fiber and 5G network build-out as the wireless market saturates and internet usage surges.
—CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
For brands, the trend has become an opportunity to market products that speak to the Performative Male; which, in turn, only saturates the dating pool with more artifice that is a turn-off for women.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
Here, an easy sauce of olive oil, lemon juice, fresh rosemary, capers, and garlic saturates whole small red potatoes and crispy chicken thighs and legs in flavor.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Sixty years later, the Spectacle saturates us in ways the Situationists never imagined.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This gives your poinsettia a long, deep drink that saturates the roots without drowning them.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
The result is a geomagnetic storm that amplifies the ionospheric and radio disruptions caused by flares and saturates the radiation belts surrounding Earth to such an extent that new belts can suddenly form.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The deal marks the latest major investment by AT&T to accelerate its fiber and 5G network build-out as the wireless market saturates and internet usage surges.
—CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
For brands, the trend has become an opportunity to market products that speak to the Performative Male; which, in turn, only saturates the dating pool with more artifice that is a turn-off for women.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturates
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Bavel’s Hummus Masabacha Bavel chef-owner Ori Menashe soaks his garbanzo beans overnight then cooks them until tender.—
Restaurant Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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For a floral display to thrive, gentle rain that soaks directly into the soil is crucial.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After 81 nearly drowns during an underwater drill, the regiment leaders (played by Dennis Quaid and Esai Morales) express concern that his PTSD from losing his brother might put him at risk or affect the team.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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When Christina drowns herself for a second time, Baron Frankenstein is confronted by the unpredictability of stitching together dead flesh—his female creation is capable of reckoning with her past suffering.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
7 Mar. 2026
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One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Or, systemic insecticide treatments with dinotefuran or imidacloprid can be used as trunk sprays, trunk injections or soil drenches depending on the label.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Feb. 2026
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The indulgence becomes not only possible but mandatory with Lollia’s Kiss Me Again Bubble Bath solution, which drenches skin in moisture by way of high-performing olive and avocado oils.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Saturates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturates. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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