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Recent Examples of saturation
Printed charts had a pleasing amount of saturation and contrast.
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David English, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Dark trees backlit by dawn and dusk light not only show loads of shadow detail but even retain their green color (when nearly all saturation is usually lost by LED TVs).
—PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
In Gardner's case, the test showed a saturation of 64%.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
The agency's director, Randall Zúñiga, said the teenager was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, and the results showed a saturation of 64 percent.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
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David English, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Dark trees backlit by dawn and dusk light not only show loads of shadow detail but even retain their green color (when nearly all saturation is usually lost by LED TVs).
—PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
In Gardner's case, the test showed a saturation of 64%.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
The agency's director, Randall Zúñiga, said the teenager was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, and the results showed a saturation of 64 percent.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturation
Noun
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By contrast, Lyon have progressed from their previous 11 semi-finals in this competition, going on to win eight of the resulting finals.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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By contrast, the lab origin hypothesis largely relies on the proximity of a research lab to the first cases, conjecture, and distrust of the Chinese government, which has not been forthcoming with information on the early days of the health crisis.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sour cream: Complements the cream cheese base and adds some brightness and tang for a dynamic, fresh flavor.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2025
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Amidst such a torrent of fascist chaos, the brightness and backbone of Real Women Have Curves feel bracing.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The nuances are detailed in long blog posts filled with pictures of color wheels and terms such as chroma.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2024
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Saturation, or chroma, refers to the level of intensity or brilliance of a color.—
Kate Reggev,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Wier initially didn’t receive credit for her connection series in the routine, lowering the start value.—
Henry Chappell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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Castellanos, in previous years, might not have seen the bigger value in that.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Promotions that appear on Tax Day—Buy-One-Get-One, $1 promos, free anything—offer a moment of lightness in a very transactional day.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The knit garment merged the warm marsala tone with a lightness of fabric that didn’t feel or appear to be overpowering for the royal.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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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 3 May. 2025.
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